From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 21 23: 6:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D607937B423 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:06:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA24953; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:07:43 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:07:42 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Stanley Hopcroft Cc: ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote upgrades (2.2.8-STABLE -> 4.1-STABLE). Any suggestions ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message