Upgraded FreeBSD_5.3 -> FreeBSD_6.0
yow, after nearly 200 days of uptime i decided to upgrade my server to
FreeBSD-6.0. The entire procedure took several hours on my 650Mhz AMD
"Duron". the steps were as follows:
* get sources ("/usr/src") via "cvs checkout" for 6.0
* "make buildworld" - building the world
* "make buildkernel" - building a kernel
* "make installkernel" - installing the new kernel
* reboot into single-user-mode - rebooting ("boot -s")
* "mergemaster -p" - pre-merging new and old (config) files
* "make installworld" - installing the new world
* "mergemaster" - final merging of files
* "reboot" - final reboot to activate the new release
the whole procedure was pretty straight-forward and described into
detail in the handbook at the FreeBSD homepage. the custom kernel has
been altered to include quota-support now too.
after the upgrade there was a little inconsistency concerning the OpenSSH and
OpenSSL version which was fixed by using the ports version of the application
and the library.
thanks to cjm (IPv6-support), geekU (general support on the upgrade-procedure)
and laemodost (OpenSSH/OpenSSL issues) for support during the upgrade process.
a lot of fun with the new FreeBSD-6.0 to all my users!
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