From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 16:13:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 399601065781 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhelfman@experts-exchange.com) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [72.29.183.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F548FC26 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:13:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB256ED3ED; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=e-e.com; h= user-agent:organization:in-reply-to:content-disposition :content-type:content-type:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received:received:received; s=ee; t=1320336822; x=1322151222; bh=gM0IqcIQ8znJ5c4BEv6xfhpKge QlIFNZOnbTS6+rOcE=; b=Muvhk6i5nZbs7+imFuI15IoZ+R0KM3iQH2RffK6/Qc Pnk7W92nMZ5Lr6bUB7WurqfQiZ65GRcBcHwxM783K9lam1KYOxQSUjXP4Hhf3GaX jG1SSR+ZJGhfYaEsfaFtyjgwnfSxWLiEMGYyjTXMYPHbHpZXVyg3vKxS6A4ULT+J Q= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at experts-exchange.com Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5SVhRI8ETIcE; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from experts-exchange.com (unknown [192.168.103.122]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B6B26ED3E4; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (nullmailer pid 59794 invoked by uid 1001); Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:13:40 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:13:40 -0700 From: Jason Helfman To: masayoshi Message-ID: <20111103161340.GC25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE Organization: Experts-Exchange, LLC. http://www.experts-exchange.com X-Living-The-Dream: I love the SLO Life! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:13:43 -0000 On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 08:49:16AM -0700, masayoshi thus spake: >I would like to know about freebsd-update command. >It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom kernel. >First question is the following : > >> su - >#freebsd-update fetch >#freebsd-update install > >Does this command work well? > >The answer is ..... >[A].Always work, [B]Depend on my computer. > > >Second question is ... >For example,if I upgrade from FreeBSD 7.4 to 8.2 by freebsd-update command. >Can I upgrade without failure? >I would like to know only "success rate"? > >The answer is .... >[A].about 100%, [B].about 80%,[C].about 75%,[D] less than 50% > >Thanks in advance. > I does work fine with a custom kernel, as long as you are running and maintaining the actual update server that distributes. 1. Always work 2. Can never account for 100 percent... I've not run into a problem, though. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-update-server/ -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5