From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 11 08:36:07 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9C0E650FE for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay15.qsc.de (mailrelay15.qsc.de [212.99.187.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99D4B792A2 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay15.qsc.de; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:35:57 +0100 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-23-159.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.23.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 172F43CBF9; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:35:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id vAB8ZtO6002047; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:35:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:35:55 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Doug Hardie Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Upgrade old System Message-Id: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay15.qsc.de with 794026E377F X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1603 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:36:07 -0000 On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:16:35 -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > I have a remote host that has not been on or available for several years. It just came back up and I need to upgrade it. > > FreeBSD waldo.remotesupportservicesllc.com 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep 27 18:07:27 UTC 2011 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Freebsd-update does not work: > > waldo# freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.1-RELEASE > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > waldo# freebsd-update fetch > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > Is there a way to make that work? For such a high delta (8.2 -> 11.1), I'd say that a re-installation from scratch is perhaps the easier way to go. Depending on how this particular system can be accessed, preparing tarballs could be an option, or remote-booting an installation media. While freebsd-update was already available on 8.2, it probably cannot directly update to 11.1 as there are way too many architectural changes on the way. PS. FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 24 10:25:44 CEST 2011 :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...