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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:07:42 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
To:        Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
Cc:        ISP@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote upgrades (2.2.8-STABLE -> 4.1-STABLE). Any suggestions ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009212304250.24944-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009221512010.1043-100000@stan>

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Burn a CD with a ghosted image of a 4.1 hard drive and ship it out to the
local cite and have them reboot with it and a floppy.  

How bad is a failed install?  If it is majorly grief-causing then the
hardware option is the only way to go except maybe the option above and a
visit.

On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote:

> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:22:24 +1100 (EST)
> From: Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
> To: ISP@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Remote upgrades (2.2.8-STABLE -> 4.1-STABLE). Any suggestions ?
> 
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> I am writing to ask for any recommendations for upgrading a small
> number of remote 2.2.x terminal servers to 4.x-STABLE ?
> 
> The options seem to be
> 
> A preserving the hardware
> 
> 1 ask a local clerk to drive sysinstall
> 2 run sysinstall remotely 
> 3 local clerk reboots a custom boot floppy (that does everything)
> 4 pay them a visit.
> 5 upgrade from source (they have 500 MB IDEs. WAN links are 64kbps) or
> make installworld from NFS
> 
> Or Replacing the hardware
> 
> send replacments and pay someone to hook up the cables (awfully
> tempting to ascend to the awesome power of 133/166 MHz)
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Yours sincerely.
> 
> S Hopcroft
> Network Specialist
> IP Australia
> 
> +61 2 6283 3189
> +61 2 6281 1353 FAX
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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