Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:35:55 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade old System Message-ID: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BB1D7DC1-A988-4911-97E0-82C95B0A77C2@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <BB1D7DC1-A988-4911-97E0-82C95B0A77C2@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:16:35 -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > I have a remote host that has not been on or available for several years. It just came back up and I need to upgrade it. > > FreeBSD waldo.remotesupportservicesllc.com 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep 27 18:07:27 UTC 2011 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Freebsd-update does not work: > > waldo# freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.1-RELEASE > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > waldo# freebsd-update fetch > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > Is there a way to make that work? For such a high delta (8.2 -> 11.1), I'd say that a re-installation from scratch is perhaps the easier way to go. Depending on how this particular system can be accessed, preparing tarballs could be an option, or remote-booting an installation media. While freebsd-update was already available on 8.2, it probably cannot directly update to 11.1 as there are way too many architectural changes on the way. PS. FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 24 10:25:44 CEST 2011 :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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