Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:27:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Phillip Rhodes <rhodespc@telerama.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE safely and remotely? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104121422240.64653-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010412033429.00a90b10@dns1.rhoderunner.com>
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The upgrading instructions are always in /usr/src/UPDATING, and there's a section there on going from 3.4 to 4.x. This requires a reboot into single user mode, which you cannot do, of course, remotely. I don't think there's any safe way to do this. Even if it did not require a reboot into single user (which may be essential in this case, although it often isn't), there are other traps: e.g., there's a new version of sendmail and its files have some new locations. You get /usr/src/* when you cvsup to get sources. The upgrading problem is dealt with regularly on freebsd-stable, and you should search that mailing list or subscribe to it before doing anything here. Annelise On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Phillip Rhodes wrote: > Currently, my computer (which is co-located) is running FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE > > I would like to upgrade it to a more recent release, but I don't have > access to the console. I can telnet, etc, ... but I can't sit in front of > it in the case something goes wrong. > > Is there a way I can upgrade from FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE remotely and safely? > > Would appreciate any pointers to How-to's! > > Thanks. > Phillip > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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