From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 17:08:25 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 112AC10656CA for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:08:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krad@snaffler.net) Received: from mk-filter-1-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-filter-1-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.100.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962518FC1B for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:08:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krad@snaffler.net) X-Trace: 139224261/mk-filter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-TRUSTED/b2c-IMPLICITLY_TRUSTED/212.74.112.53/None/krad@snaffler.net X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 212.74.112.53 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: krad@snaffler.net X-MUA: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvQAAARxgUnUSnA1/2dsb2JhbAAIzS2EEAY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,345,1231113600"; d="scan'208";a="139224261" Received: from e1-1.ns500-1.ts.milt.as9105.net (HELO [10.44.24.27]) ([212.74.112.53]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 29 Jan 2009 17:07:51 +0000 Message-ID: <4981E257.7050005@snaffler.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:07:35 +0000 From: "krad@snaffler.net" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Artem Kuchin References: <94136a2c0901280332n7301fe50tc85408a9f20c6a22@mail.gmail.com> <49817974.3030307@snaffler.net> <49819ED0.5030003@comcast.net> <200901291437.42413.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <4981C1DD.5090402@itlegion.ru> In-Reply-To: <4981C1DD.5090402@itlegion.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE 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: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:08:25 -0000 I have done that many times without hitch but would never recommend it on a production box even though i have never seen an issue in real world situations. Note the mergemaster -p should be done before the installword as it sometimes add new accounts and things that the installworld needs to complete. Artem Kuchin wrote: > > > Mike Clarke ?????: >> On Thursday 29 January 2009, Akenner wrote: >> >> >>> For some reason if you follow along line by line in the book "FreeBSD >>> Unleashed Second edition" which was written and came with 5.0 on CD, >>> it doesn't work at all for some reason. I think there must have been >>> a few changes in the way things are done between these versions but I >>> couldn't get those instructions to work at all. I'm sure it works >>> great on 5.0 but I kind of fell for 7.1 like a school kid lol. >>> >> >> >> > > I have never had a single problem updating system remotely via > internet like this: > > doing a sup file like this: > > *default host=cvsup4.FReeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > > src-all > doc-all tag=. > ports-all tag=. > > Then > > csup supfile > > Then > cd /usr/local/src > make buildworld >& bw > check the end of bw > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN >&bk > check what's in bk > > i redirect output to save the bandwidth and traffic > stop as many thing as i can stop > > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN > make installworld >&iw > > check what's in iw > > mergemaster -p > mergemaster > > disable everything in /local/etc/rc.d and as many as possible in rc.conf > > shutdown -r now > > and then it's up and it's a new version! > > as i said - it never failed! > > -- > Artem > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"