From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 07:54:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A7416A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:54:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sv07e.atm-tzs.kmjeuro.com (sv07e.atm-tzs.kmjeuro.com [193.81.94.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB9943D39 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:54:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from k.joch@kmjeuro.com) Received: from sv03 (adsl.sbg.kmjeuro.com [62.99.198.46]) (authenticated bits=0)iBU7sb40023624 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:54:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from k.joch@kmjeuro.com) From: "Karl M. Joch" To: Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:54:32 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcTuRMuJW9bUp2PTQ+W88vVxEOtDcg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se> X-CTS-CTSTZS-Mailserver-Information: please visit www.ctseuro.com for further instructions. Protected by www.ctseuro.com X-CTS-CTSTZS-Mailserver: Found to be clean X-CTS-CTSTZS-Mailserver-From: k.joch@kmjeuro.com Subject: AW: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:54:53 -0000 =20 i managed to update remote server by sending a prepared harddisk which = was mounted by a local technical staff. after the system boots you can mount = the old partitions and move them to the new harddisk. Then partition the old harddisks, newfs with ufs2 and move the data back in place. This works = very well. after everything is done the sent harddisk can be removed and the system work with the original hardware. Everything else then a fresh = install and formating with ufs2 looks like to make no sence.=20 --=20 Best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Karl M. Joch -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] Im Auftrag von Palle = Girgensohn Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Dezember 2004 21:31 An: stable@freebsd.org Betreff: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Hi! Has anyone managed to update a 4.10 system to 5.3 remotely, i.e. without = console access, and without spare disk partitions? I have a bunch of 4.10 machines that are too far away for me to actually = do=20 the update hands on. I've tried it on a test machine, it fails half way=20 through installworld, and really needs single user mode to succeed. The=20 install procedure fails since it starts using the newly installed stuff, = things like sh(1) and test(1), and they cannot find their libc.so.5, I=20 guess... One idea I have is copying / and /usr to some other place and set = ldconfig=20 and PATH=3Dsome/other/place and when building and installing. Haven't = tried=20 it yet, thought I'd hear anyone on this list has a better suggestion? Optimally, there would a couple of gigs on a separate spare disk = partition=20 so I could just install everything there and use it upon reboot. Problem = is, there is no such space. :( Thanks Palle _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"