Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:50:04 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: robert@webtent.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade 6.1 to 7.1 remotely? Message-ID: <4982A31C.8000103@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <1233291152.26964.15.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1233291152.26964.15.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > I have a remote system with no access to boot info. I can get someone to > reset, look at screen, etc. The server is 6.1-RELEASE-p15 and wondering > if there is a path to upgrade to 7.1 remotely. Would it be possible to > do something like this for getting the box to 6.4... > > http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html > > And then another freebsd-update to 7.1? Seems that box will not let me > portupgrade clamav anymore due to a change from 6.1 :( > I've upgraded several machines remotely with success (as described in the handbook) and never had any problems (even did a OpenBSD version upgrade from 3.1 to 4.1 - somewhere around 3.4 they switched from a.out to elf format). Those upgrades where both minor (eg. 6.3 -> 6.4) and major (6.4 -> 7.0). Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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