From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 17:36:22 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58579D7A for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm27-vm8.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm27-vm8.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.59]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9ECC4BE7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:36:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.es; s=s2048; t=1417196172; bh=kOOXI3AQkI/vN4k1I8sFkwDBeuRjgJh3jN7eHXNU7M0=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=QtXf1cpoyg5gERK1F20VbrSqOa/h7hERmUkurd8je72HgOSqYRl4ztPsJ/iXEEC6PRqLHXZAYQ6wLdhfVGwEZG5nV293yk9QIXLKrenuhQrwHs+4X+LZ9s0veeu6e0yYhliKOHLjBf9CDhTKQ1vbEuwG97jlgHodcjmSH9+EArtvuxGjybj9YrBDFMO4jkrqDzgluKsEqNdiDl2k2bYjFbD6gmKVBEaGAg+cVNmz2f5TCr+zXK0BK5s0126fTFVXqtfh7ktxx1TrZ5Kn59yRKRkrKjQCAevgqMHRU8E2J13BUe4rYm4x87TizvZc63cCdcFN82w9nUIRYEhQxZYSug== DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s2048; d=yahoo.es; b=WQ4/ra/LEs+AYeYBeWm9e7wU/LOZ++YD1I9a4kXbfa0+RSqXkac9GyjQLRtjaPVc+pW2wFIo8+XOowAat0/ir6M0OhODwR8t8+YKz1yS1d35gSe2GOb8sfPR19YRSTlIXZ2S6MLlsrVCCC0N9hoePThhKqAFkJ88h7uwtQBA6csPZrhkoGs2t54CyDLLQ+uIAdMNlf5B+BKGxlypEB2Ubt5acSLDqwPhuF3lKJ3BMYNmDvpPoOWy7poAvJzY4+wWGuPSfMJcAeGOZ2nzq398bj97tdliu/oZOyxih7z59NcA78C86vZWGDdzBhtnYZvwmpJfCaT3RjfaGCl+Mr65kQ==; Received: from [212.82.98.124] by nm27.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2014 17:36:12 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.93] by tm17.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2014 17:36:12 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp130.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2014 17:36:12 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 911774.50063.bm@smtp130.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: xWSey.AVM1l_ObP9DBXAfhdk4aHNQJVpW2ns6mWx9nUZQSR bTUMHc1JnKEuibMohIR_is34psyRRDFG1JxruDz1obtM1FeuEsBnRbMvN9aM NKWa3qvEADEAoaVD2IalgiLslrMfH9pYe4UB.uyjpI.Xob.mtb6u4iIT3gtZ wwWlQCz7zluhYah4oBN2N3khwuGOAYtwA3R2pBhnp7wyzSb9HipqwAeEBs6E 9ozSuLf8_C4qY64X_6Y8soZqKm8_JFRRQk3xFyDP8fecBfWjltEMnNfn9Tbw hJ5mNl6wPuOSuflei.H22_hkYNshSB9m05bnUHuI0c35yDYMpM6Tm7uHQLpi WZMO95sGUmCavrIScBYtcur.wZnfUEB4ZNCfAET8QKqzZ8SkJbaz.BavS.KN B4G7twVb2A6B_MfF0dLypVGXKXCWcGnBulGeuOJu9THjLtdbvyIPNGQnxm4t RP61vNfqjmxnO5ydauJJ2zRHevTIbhGYPL9Neoe4_m5Y5WY7lSe6gGYAJ X-Yahoo-SMTP: mX392iiswBAeJNdO_s.EW62LZDJR Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:36:11 +0100 From: Eduardo Morras To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from running FreeBSD Message-Id: <20141128183611.568b7e7822e28114fcba9091@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <5478A899.5050105@bsdjunk.com> References: <20141128174840.6fa1bbb65c1d81e1f25f216e@yahoo.es> <5478A899.5050105@bsdjunk.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.2 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 17:36:22 -0000 On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:53:45 -0600 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 > Why not just use freebsd-update you only reboot once. Yes, but if something goes wrong, I need to undo the update and lost time, which may go wrong too. It's a server that I want to minimize its downtime. Thanks --- --- Eduardo Morras