[OpenIndiana-discuss] hipster conversion

[Daniel Kjar]

I think I will try upgrading a snapshot of the VM I created of the 
actual server and see how that goes...  I don't think there will 
hardware problems on the server since it is a sun x2200m2.


On 09/26/17 08:43, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> Like you, I have a few 151a boxes lying around.
>
> Originally I had a box that was upgrade every few weeks, and it managed to
> be upgraded to the latest hipster, so it is possible.  However the number
> of incremental changes that have happened since 151a, and the incrementals
> might have been pruned over time, which means that the general advice now
> is that you do a fresh install and copy on your files.
>
> The 151a boxes I have will be replaced in the next year, so that potential
> headache will go away for me, and they will be fresh install on new
> hardware.
>
> Either way you decide to go, remember to take plenty of backups before you
> start.
>
> Jon
>
> On 26 September 2017 at 13:17, Daniel Kjar <dkjar at elmira.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have been letting things just 'run' for quite a while now but since I
>> started working towards virtualizing my systems I have come to notice that
>> 151a is no longer a thing...   Is it 'safe' for me to upgrade my servers (a
>> file server and a web server/mysql server) to hipster?  I don't want to let
>> them rot on 151a if that is no longer being supported.  That whole will
>> likely just get deeper.
>>
>>
>> I hate to do it but I could start fresh with hipster but I haven't
>> installed all of my stuff in 10 years so I am not sure I even remember
>> where to look for my notes on what I did...
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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Dr. Daniel Kjar
Associate Professor of Biology
Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Elmira College
1 Park Place
Elmira, NY 14901
607-735-1826
http://faculty.elmira.edu/dkjar

"...humans send their young men to war; ants send their old ladies"
	-E. O. Wilson