Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:09:57 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: ipfreak@yahoo.com Cc: free bsd <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: offline upgrade Message-ID: <87k5aotuka.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <848375.80327.qm@web52110.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (gahn's message of "Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:33 -0800 (PST)") References: <848375.80327.qm@web52110.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:33 -0800 (PST), gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, All:
>
> I have two boxes running 6.3. For certain reasons that I can't upgrade
> them online with "freebsd-update" utility; the ftp sessions are
> blocked. Are there any other way to upgrade the system offline, both
> kernel and those needed packages?
If you have some means of transferring `/var/db/freebsd-update' from a
machine that *does* have this sort of connectivity, you should be able
to run only:
# freebsd-update install
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