From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 12:03:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E6DA16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:03:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from crucialservers.net (WEB01.CRUCIALSERVERS.Net [216.177.7.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 951E743D1D for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:03:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin@crucialservers.net) Received: (qmail 13959 invoked by uid 0); 10 Mar 2004 20:04:48 -0000 Received: from h00045a53add8.ne.client2.attbi.com (HELO JAMES) (24.61.9.199) by web01.crucialservers.net with SMTP; 10 Mar 2004 20:04:48 -0000 Message-ID: <1c2101c406db$26fff690$6401a8c0@JAMES> From: "Crucial Servers" To: "Vulpes Velox" References: <1b5b01c40671$fe69bc70$6401a8c0@JAMES> <20040310003741.6a148ff0@vixen42.> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:06:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:03:18 -0000 I wish this was an option for me but the contracted machine is in C&W's network operation center, not mine. I have no access to there machine besides remote root. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vulpes Velox" To: "Crucial Servers" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:37 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5 > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 02:33:34 -0500 > "Crucial Servers" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I need some advice on steps for upgrading a very valueble > > machine. This machine has an uptime of 393 days. I need to > > install a secure version of "curl" this is our main focus right > > now. FreeBSD 3.5 ports collection is very b0rked and nothing > > works, I tried downloading the cvsup source and installing it, > > but now it cant find m3build. > > > > My main focus is getting this OS to 4.9-STABLE the SAFE way and > > "Yes" its a contracted machine so its remote. I know there is > > going to be tons of b0rked programs when I'm all said and done. > > Can someone please explain how to tackle this animal slowly, I > > was thinking 4.0 then 4.5 then 4.9. > > > > If I can avoid this all together and install a secured version > > of "curl" it would be appreaciated. I really cant find the > > source anywhere. > > No clue what it would take to cvsup that... but what I would do is > throw together a 4stable install together on another similar box and > take care of all the tweakings, data importing, and ect. Then when > that machines scheduled downtime/maintance/whatever arrivces swap out > either the drive or the entire machine. > >