From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 18 18:02:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB8F1106566B for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D2D8FC0C for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:02:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so3220507yxe.3 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:02:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HvH1HUWpfCqXjj2RAfyQW5QI4gayKet5RfiYXqs4f00=; b=HuKwLaCA5/1Us5Hz2MztzR8EhsrBSyunypHkwFhZ5yl4vyoCftDHCFJecJFIAnAZwM bzSqxVbAG0xT9jLDZrTM33hQ68My5YnbMN0DOqQRGRo2islLm6Ca0lzs9xLuU9vxOuJr amOUR0+2wu7vPdLG4S9O8HG3MwhlN6mbrLdrk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HFFp3cad/M7WHtxM/Lrn5fGLyjw5NIPS+NdF99jJh80AMM+itiZ3FIooGzDKZkHfGd yc6PyV7Z9piFQu77ndBUaLCMKjW1S5NDudln7yRgHaYmEfvEfJzugCtOOMyiuDlqAEpf 0FJn6pTI96RGmLwVczk56Tnd6zw7WsE22ZodU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.183.1 with SMTP id k1mr3057677anp.18.1255888955027; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:02:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4ADB2F6F.8090107@identry.com> <9cbf3f070910180834g775f7116o688ffbdc1861642d@mail.gmail.com> <4ADB51AA.80104@identry.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:02:34 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jeronimo Calvo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Fwd: upgrading remote server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:02:38 -0000 quiet interesting that serial port thingy! do you know the name of it btw? I will be interested to install on of them... and start saving some money going to my office :D when i can not use even ssh... 2009/10/18 John Almberg : >>> I've been reading the upgrade chapter in "Absolute FreeBSD", and it see= ms >>> like the best option is to download the source files for 7.2 and upgrad= e >>> from sources. >> >> >> I've done it several times via ssh between major and minor versions >> without >> any problems. You should read /usr/src/UPDATING for any additional >> information. > > Updating the source tree was no problem. So far so good. I'm running 'mak= e > buildworld' right now. > > Luckily I have a remote serial port thingy, so I should be able to login = to > the box, even if ssh doesn't come up after reboot. > > Pretty interesting, though I'd be a lot more nervous if this box had live > applications running... Which is why it was still on 6.2! > > Hopefully after this I'll feel more comfortable doing major upgrades, > instead of just running freebsd-update. > > -- John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ =A0www.asciiribbon.org =A0| Against proprietary extensions --=20 () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions