Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:00:18 +0100 From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Router upgrade.... Message-ID: <20060502100018.GA30251@uk.tiscali.com> In-Reply-To: <20060428201127.GB74727@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <D3BBF0C6F2FC0448BFCA2F965F2192631DEB1E@sto1.tcy.prv> <20060428201127.GB74727@ns2.wananchi.com>
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 11:11:27PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > | I would like to upgrade the OS to 6.1RC1 to get the better support for CARP on > | VLAN interfaces.What would the best way be to upgrade with minimum > | downtime? > > Upgrading 5.4 to 6.x isn't an issue at all! > make buildworld > make kernel > reboot ... into single user mode (if you are following the official upgrade procedure; if not then you are on your own if you break things) > make installworld > mergemaster ... correctly answering all the questions about which files to overwrite, which to leave alone, or attempt to merge the diffs. > reboot ... remembering that from the start of the first reboot until the end of the second one, your router will be off-line. Regards, Brian.
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