6.1 RC upgrade

[climby]

Hello,
in the new company I am working for I have an old FreeBSD 6.1 RC used as Reverse Proxy for OWA.
Can I upgrade to a newer Version, or should I reinstall it ?
I am concerned about security updates. Can I still keep the system up to date with this old release ?

 

[DutchDaemon]

FreeBSD 6 is end-of-life in two months. Consider backing up your configuration files, making a list of installed options and applications, and installing FreeBSD 8.1.

 

[climby]

Thanks DutchDaemon !

The other issue is that I come from the Windows World (click, click ;-) ) and I have to search a "little" for the configuration files... I worked a little with linux but there are some differences.
Are there some standard paths or important files that I should look for ?

 

[Beastie]

• /boot/loader.conf
• /root maybe
• /etc
• /usr/local/etc
• Any database under /var
• /home/*
• Any customized bit

 

[DutchDaemon]

All else: hier(7).

You will find that FreeBSD actually has a file/directory hierarchy..

Installed software (assuming ports or packages were used) -> pkg_info(1).

 

[climby]

Thanks Beastie and DutchDaemon; I'll go to work ;-)