Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 13:33:58 +0200 From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade without Internet access Message-ID: <e2004a90-5971-3e4e-2104-de68994a2990@tinka.africa> In-Reply-To: <CAKX4Vk97DgtmTkNjcBVHNPDykJ-Bv-9NXr7TANPqrYa0y3uHNw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKX4Vk97DgtmTkNjcBVHNPDykJ-Bv-9NXr7TANPqrYa0y3uHNw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/3/21 07:19, Lee Nelson wrote: > I feel like this should be an easy question to find an answer to, but > an evening of frustration and search has found me nothing. > > I am trying to upgrade two systems from 12.2 to 13.0. However, over > my very poor-quality satellite Internet connection, > sudo freebsd-update -r 13.0-RELEASE upgrade > always fails: > ....13160....13170....13180....13190....13200....13210....13220....13230....13240....13250....13260....13270....13280.... > gunzip: (stdin): unexpected end of file > 2354a6afb867bb4e6206b58be4804d4307b9048c8767ac52081be80c162cf8d1 has > incorrect hash. > > I don't know whether some sort of timeout kicks in or my provider is > causing enough interruptions that the connection dies, or..... who > knows? This is life with satellite Internet. > > Is there some way to upgrade an existing system without (or with > minimal use of) an Internet connection? Is there some way to > pre-fetch the files onto portable storage while using a stable > Internet connection elsewhere? Is there a way to upgrade from an > ISO/USB? I have a 13.0 USB img file, but booting ftom it only seems to > have the options to install or use the live cd, not upgrade. > > I have many OpenBSD machines. For them, I download the install files > once and use a local http server to make them available during > upgrades. Is there some way to do something similar with FreeBSD? This is actually a good question. I've never quite thought about it, but you might be right - doing an offline upgrade could be tricky. Someone with more clue would have the chime in here. It's been a while since I had to do a disc-only upgrade, and that was Linux. Mark.
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