From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 24 18:35:39 2008 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 22AC31065670 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:35:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEEBC8FC20 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBOIZCPP092079; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:35:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gtF9cXefyfeT; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:34:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBOIY41G092059; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:34:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4952809C.3000707@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:34:04 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Worster References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: install/upgrade FREEBSD on a remote server 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: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:35:39 -0000 Tom Worster wrote: > what ways exist to upgrade a remote server (to which you have no terminal > server attached) if the currently installed FREEBSD is too old for > freebsd-update? besides asking someone local to the server to help, i mean. The Canonical Way of Auld(tm)* is detailed in the handbook. It involves fetching the source code via cvsup/csup, and rebuilding the kernel and world(userland), etc. The entire process is covered in Chapter 24 of the handbook; see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html for the beginning of the "old way" part. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Neurotics build castles in the sky, Psychotics live in them, And psychiatrists collect the rent. * Hee hee. For many of us, it's the Only Way ;-)