[j-nsp] Upgrading from 7.1 to ?

[David Ball]

  Well, that's a loaded question.  It depends largely on your
hardware.  See 8.5's upgrade instructions and/or release notes
pertaining to the compact flash size requirements (256MB CF).  Also,
it's generally recommended to undergo incremental version upgrades,
say, no more than 3 versions at a time (ie. 7.1 to 7.4, etc).  Also,
if you're going to go all the way to 8.5, I'd recommend making your
way to 8.4R2.4 first, THEN going to 8.5R1.14 if your hardware can
handle it.  8.5 involves a significant upgrade in the underlying
FreeBSD operating system (see release notes again) and partition
layout, and 8.4 to 8.5R1.14 is your best bet if you're going to go
that far.  I ran into issues on T-series when trying to go from 8.2 to
8.5.
  At any rate, checking Release Notes for each incremental upgrade you
do can save your bacon.

David



On 02/01/2008, joe mcguckin <joe at via.net> wrote:
> Any reason not to upgrade to the latest 8.X version?
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