From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 6 0:12:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574C737B424 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:12:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA11346; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:29:41 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e867CZ622337; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:12:35 +0400 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:12:35 +0400 From: Igor Roboul To: Rolandas Naujikas Cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: How to update -STABLE from remote location ? Message-ID: <20000906111235.E21405@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: Rolandas Naujikas , FreeBSD questions References: <20000906081601.A39240@uosis.mif.vu.lt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <20000906081601.A39240@uosis.mif.vu.lt>; from rn@uosis.mif.vu.lt on Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:16:01AM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux linux.rainbow 2.2.14-plus-SMP X-Best-Window-Manager: Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:16:01AM +0200, Rolandas Naujikas wrote: > > Hello all > > I'm administrator of a server with FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE. > Before some time I found than it is not possible replace executable > and shared libraries when are used for execution ("Text file busy" error > message). So how can I update my -STABLE from remote location ? > I'm thinking abount alternate disk partitions for /usr, /var and /, so I > would be able to update into alternate location, and switch rootdev to > updated location. How I can switch to boot from different partition ? Hello, But why you don't use "make installworld ; make installkernel ; reboot ; mergemaster"? It works fine for me from remote login. But _this_ is not very good (there are some cautions in handbook, UPDATING etc.) But it is worked for me at least 3 times. Q: Also, is it possible to use serial console with autoanswering modem? If it is possible, then you can just use serial console, and "normal" way: goto single model make installworld ; make installkernel ; reboot ; mergemaster Udachi :-) -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message