From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 4 21: 5:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBAC37B429 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6E52B74A; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 06:05:33 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B3DF55B3; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:05:19 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:05:19 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Phillip Rhodes Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where is sysinstall? Message-ID: <20020205160519.S1599@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Phillip Rhodes , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020204234131.02476ec0@mail.telerama.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020204234131.02476ec0@mail.telerama.com>; from rhodespc@yahoo.com on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:49:33PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:49:33PM -0500, Phillip Rhodes wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to upgrade a 3.4 system to the latest. > What I want to do is use the sysinstall program for each upgrade in version > (3.4->3.51->4.1.1->...) > > But when I look in the distribution directories (ftp.freebsd.org) , I can > not find it. > > I do have a version on my system (/stand/sysinstall) but it is for 3.4 > version. The upgrade documentation specifically states that to upgrade I > need the sysinstall of the version I am upgrading to. > > I am missing something here. Thanks! > > BTW, if it matters, I have to do the entire upgrade via telnet, as the > server in co-located far, far, far away. If you can't access it via the console, an upgrade via source comes in mind for this. Sysinstall comes normally with a cdrom or floppies and requires two reboots. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message