From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 12:24:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 950C7400 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:24:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0205F2BD1 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:24:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 35770488 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:24:00 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s5KCO0uG026937 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:24:00 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s5KCO0wg026936 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:24:00 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:24:00 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: binary upgrade of a remote box Message-ID: <20140620122400.GA26444@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:24:04 -0000 Colleagues, I have some remote boxes running outdated versions of FreeBSD like 8.2-RELEASE-p6 or even 7.4-RELEASE-p5 What's the least painful way of updating those systems to something like RELENG_9_2 ? I am comfortable with the "make world" method and have done this remotely before, but those boxes are too weak to compile their own world, and the disks are too small. Mounting /usr/{src,obj} from a remote host is not an option because of relatively slow and unreliable WAN links. I am very uncomfortable with "freebsd-update upgrade", at least it's not something I would risk remotely. Any more ideas of a way to perform a smooth binary upgrade? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru