From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 17 06:00:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 9FF4916A402 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A9B43D46 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4H606gh096400 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 23:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k4H606Au096399 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 May 2006 23:00:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@1command.com) Received: from ns1.1command.com (ns1.1command.com [216.177.243.34]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Tue, 16 May 2006 23:00:06 -0700 Message-ID: <20060516230006.pm4tvifih44w8c40@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 23:00:06 -0700 From: "Chris H." To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <372C34B7-18BC-4061-99ED-8321E8109CF7@mithrandir.com> <1153080475.20060508144813@rulez.sk> In-Reply-To: <1153080475.20060508144813@rulez.sk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_3fxd53ui9ra"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) 4.1 Professional (not for redistribution) / FreeBSD-5.5 Subject: Re: Best practices for remote upgrade? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00:39 -0000 This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_3fxd53ui9ra Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Quoting Daniel Gerzo : > Hi Scott, > > Monday, May 8, 2006, 2:29:23 PM, you contributed this to our > collective wisdom: > >> Hello, > >> I have some 4.x servers that I would like to upgrade to 5.x, and >> perhaps 6.x. However, I do not have any local access to these >> machines. I can ssh into them only. I would like to know whether it >> is possible for me to upgrade the machines with only ssh access, and >> what one should do to go about upgrading them. > > Yeah, it's possible (and risky), however you will not get, for example, > an advantages of UFS2 and so forth, because you can't upgrade from UFS > to UFS2 without rebuilding FS. How can one convert their UFS to UFS2 (with, or without SSH)? Is it possible? Or must one delete their current slices and create new (UFS2) slices? Thanks you for all your time and consideration. --Chris H. > > The problem is that it's not possible to upgrade directly to 6.0/1. > You will have to go through process of upgrading to 5.3 first. But > I would recommend you to make a backups of your configuration and ask > someone who has a physical access to your servers to reinstall them > for you. > > -- > Sincerely, > Daniel Gerzo > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Shameless self-promotion follows... ... or does it? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p12 (SMP - 900x2) Tue Mar 7 19:37:23 PST 2006 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --=_3fxd53ui9ra Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: PGP Digital Signature Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEarvlXxK1cRs0zxkRAoiAAJ9YtPsuEZmbAxD9QMxqtDwrioZLKgCeOrc5 cATcNjQDU35ZvX9d94xIefw= =yC8W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_3fxd53ui9ra--