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Try this on for size. Should fit nicely

http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/wlg/6033

Travis


On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 11:33 +0000, Chris Hastie wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm sure there must be documentation on this, but I just can't find it. 
> Plenty of stuff on upgrading from 4.x to 5.3, but nothing on upgrading 
> from 5.2.1
> 
> The situation is that I have a remote, leased server running 5.2.1. I 
> have ssh access only, no console access or terminal server, so anything 
> involving single user mode is not an option. I believe the original 
> installation was a binary installation, though I have since installed 
> some of the source (using sysinstall) so that I could customise the 
> kernel.
> 
> What is the most sensible way to set about performing this upgrade? Is 
> it even possible?
> 
> Thanks