From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 11 08:47:01 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BD0E654D0 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:47:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=koee=cj=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [71.177.216.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E454B7981A for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=koee=cj=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from [10.0.1.251] (mini [10.0.1.251]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3yYr9v6dZLz2fjTt; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:46:59 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: Upgrade old System From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:46:59 -0800 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mail X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:47:01 -0000 > On 11 November 2017, at 00:35, Polytropon wrote: >=20 > 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. >>=20 >> 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 >>=20 >>=20 >> Freebsd-update does not work: >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Is there a way to make that work? >=20 > 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. >=20 >=20 >=20 > PS. > FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 24 10:25:44 CEST 2011 :-) Unfortunately, re-installation is not possible. Its just not accessible = except via ssh. However, I found the problem. DNS was not configured = properly. Now I am able to at least start the upgrade process. I will = jump to 9.3 first. However, I have to go and fix the issue with the = failed integrity check first. Fortunately I saved the patch for that. = Now I just have to find it ;-)