From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 15:05:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13679 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:05:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13674 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:05:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20072; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:04:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35EDC0F3.6AFEE6BC@dal.net> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:04:35 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0827 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: CP4@mead.com CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote upgrade advice References: <85256673.0053E3CE.00@dayton2.mead.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG CP4@mead.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a freebsd box acting as a web server that is co-located at a local > ISP. > I would like to upgrade it to the latest FreeBSD release. It is a headless > box and I > have configured it using a serial console. It is currently running > 2.1.6-RELEASE. > I would like to be able to do the upgrade remotely, that is, without having > to go to the ISP's site if at all possible. > Going to the site is not out of the question, but If I can do all or most > of the upgrade remotely, then that is what > I would like to do. Also, I have no modem on the serial port that I'm using > as the console, so I could not simply > dial up the console screen. My question is, does anyone here have any > suggestions/tips/techiques as to > how I could do this? Also, are there any general issues I should be > watching out for when upgrading > from 2.1.6 (configuration file changes, etc.)? You can go to http://www.freebsd.org/ and under the Documentation section look for the "Update from source/make world" tutorial. You can also take a look at my page, http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/upgrade.html which has much of the same info but has more info (since the last time I looked at Nik's page, it could have changed :) about upgrading remotely since I do this often. Also, since you're doing a 'major' upgrade (2.1.x to 2.2.x) you will probably find my comproot script useful. It's also on my page. If you're not looking to do a make world upgrade, you will have to do it from the console. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** At Barry (a small town in south Wales) hidden cameras have had to be installed to keep watch on the town's CCTV [Closed Circuit Television] to record acts of vandalism against the CCTV. - Privacy Forum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message