I'm not sure what state the update will leave my laptop in but I know that the *IMPORTANT* stuff is backed up. I trust FreeBSD and OpenBSDs update procedures waaayyy more then PC-BSDs... Today I give them one on trust.
Normally my test machine is patched first and examined for errors, this time I will skip that phase and we will see the results. I have stuff backed up to $VECTRA:/srv/smb/Backups/ which I use as a sort of cache, stuff goes here and gets gradually removed but it stays on one of SAL1600s cold storage partitions much longer.
Dixie-backup-2008-02-28.tar.gz code-stuff.tar Lexmark-Z12-lxm3200-tweaked.ppd docs-stuff.tar MaxSec4E.tar.bz2 etc.tar boot.tar
the *stuff.tar files hold the only things I've changed (and care if are lost) since my last backup, the boot and etc tarballs hold the only critical system files that may be changed since my last backup as well. So honestly the only casualties will be few if the upgrade goes badly -- having to reinstall crap.
If the PC-BSD upgrade goes badly, there is a three disk set of FreeBSD 7.0-Release sitting on my desk and a list of programs I have been keeping which will soon be scp'd to my VECTRA for safe keeping hehe. The only things missing from the list are language bindings, namely that I need Python bindings for Qt3 for work on NPM.
# languages gcc-4.3 # manual install needed for JDK/JRE perl python ruby && rubygem-rtags && rubygem-rake guile scheme48 # libraries qt4 gtk-2 # development tools gmake ctags cscope && kscope webcpp subversion # games kdegames xgalaga prboom doom-data wesnoth # graphics software gimp inkscape xv kdegraphics # browsers linux-flock lynx # e-mail and news thunderbird && thunderbird-i18n mutt # kontact and related kdepim # chat konversation pidgin && pidgin-hotkeys pidgin-guifications || pidgin-libnotify pidgin-otr && pidgin-encryption teamspeak_client xemacs || emacs mg terminus-font # multimedia libdvdread libdvdplay libdvdnav libdvdcss cdrtools mplayer # install codecs manually, more reliable linux-mplayerplug-in smplayer-qt4 && smplayer-themes mencoder # not sure if there is a pkg xmms k3b # documents latex gnumeric || koffice # personal zsh windowmaker docker wmclock rxvt-unicode || aterm
Vim is not on the list, because ever since one day I was setting up a FreeBSD install and the port was broken. I learned to install it from the sources on vim.org, so I continue to do so even now.
If all goes FUBAR with the 1.5 patch, well FreeBSD 7 here I come. It should only take a few hours to get the necessary software installed, a package add on xorg-7.3 alone should take awhile <_<. And a couple minutes to decide if I want XDM, KDM, or GDM (Xs, KDEs, or Gnomes) login manager while I'm waiting. I can also use the 7.0-Release kernel from my test machine hehe.
I expect as long as the 1.4 -> 1.5 update leaves my laptop in a bootable state that I shouldn't have any problems. There is a limit to how much I'll be willing to stand fixing myself of course. The last time I let it do any major upgrades it was so kind as to delete all files in /usr/local/* so I'm prepared to reinstall my software if necessary but not PC-BSD ;-)
Let's see the outcome.
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