Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:39:06 -0700 From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Offline air-gapped "freebsd-update fetch" Message-ID: <CAPi0psufM0bcC1UMvgtp4UdEb30VxEbsLpsYdD2GqwA_o%2BM1uQ@mail.gmail.com>
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How can I perform/simulate a "freebsd-update fetch" on an air-gapped disconnected offline computer running FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE? === I tried (from some advice given 7 years ago): 1. "freebsd-update fetch" from an online machine running 10.1-RELEASE-p12. FYI the command responded with "No updates needed to update system to 10.1-RELEASE-p12." 2. cp -r /var/db/freebsd-update to a USB drive 3. from the air-gapped machine cp -r the files to /var/db/freebsd-update 4. from the air-gapped machine issue "freebsd-update install". This command responded with "no update are available to install, run 'freebsd-update fetch' first" Man page didn't help help. Google suggested the above steps. I perused the source of freebsd-install and I suspect that between the rollbacks and hashes of local system information, that I cannot just simply copy /var/db/freebsd-update. Thank you, Chris
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