Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:20:28 -0700
From:      David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: upgrading a 6.3 box using portsnap and freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <48794A4C.8060607@networktest.com>
In-Reply-To: <48793A21.6050601@onthenet.com.au>
References:  <48793A21.6050601@onthenet.com.au>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 7/12/08 4:11 PM, David wrote:

> So, and this worked for me, delete everything in the freebsd-update db 
> directory, /var/db/freebsd-update.
> It does involve re-downloading a lot of stuff. In hindsight, move the 
> sub-directory "files" else where and then re-populate once it is working.

That didn't work for me. But editing /etc/freebsd-update.conf to change 
'update.FreeBSD.org' to 'update1.freebsd.org' did the trick.

Thanks for your response!

dn




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?48794A4C.8060607>