From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 17:22:39 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A638B9A9 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x22d.google.com (mail-lb0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40096ACD for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f173.google.com with SMTP id z12so5794606lbi.4 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:22:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uRlDaWeWya18twtxJ+2PODp2kGswAqel+0sEtHGQ4BE=; b=ieAqNuypKvr/615Rqump2Hm6fPvMIT/cVrQtOEofiQ3vuY3gcbA9AkZhP4XH8/w3Ti KzJhJBNHKqKy855UwwGyerkWTROoWSEipa7w1+YhexG9J20TVaW5GR8xEu4kw0j9jFOI zvlEWgIYWy7TTPmONMae2TDyf2OjedWF/IcsHhq6VV62C8NKK5cFkeDy9J7QmFNGRHU2 F9oV1S7Ofv8Sa89jhuNyZhcPt+Y2fbxciXcPVPkndRbJEm+UVom0ym++7NmCoCnehoem inpkuR7v8zgYL3uPDT7rK0Ri2+CqTVoci036PGBC9jwwDEUVfErJHxsPZOceKAxB/02H Y0cg== X-Received: by 10.112.172.97 with SMTP id bb1mr44429530lbc.38.1417195357345; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:22:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from blazon-pc.rw.local ([78.84.244.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fb6sm1250088lbc.46.2014.11.28.09.22.36 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:22:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5478AF5B.2050307@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:22:35 +0200 From: Alnis Morics User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from running FreeBSD References: <20141128174840.6fa1bbb65c1d81e1f25f216e@yahoo.es> <5478A899.5050105@bsdjunk.com> In-Reply-To: <5478A899.5050105@bsdjunk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:22:39 -0000 On 11/28/2014 18:53, Chris Petrik wrote: > > On 11/28/2014 10:48, Eduardo Morras wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a server running FreeBSD 9.2-p15. I want to upgrade it to >> release 10.1 with minimal shutdown so I'm thinking about installing >> 10.1 in a new partition running the 10.1 installer from 9.2., >> configure the system, install and configure ports, and then restart >> with 10.1. I never did it before nor know if it can be done and some >> questions emerge: >> >> a) Did someone tried it before? >> b) Can it be done safety/ly? >> c) How can I install ports or pkgs in 10.1 partition from 9.2, >> perhaps with the pkg jail (-j) option? >> >> Thanks in advence >> >> >> --- --- >> Eduardo Morras >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Why not just use freebsd-update you only reboot once. Yes, and you can make an OS dump before you upgrade, in case something goes wrong.