Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:49:30 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: "Raymond Owens" <owensr@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation on private network Message-ID: <20060704134930.e13d89c2.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <000801c69f8b$0e73abd0$0501a8c0@desky64> References: <000801c69f8b$0e73abd0$0501a8c0@desky64>
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"Raymond Owens" <owensr@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a freebsd system which is on a private network, there is no path
> to the internet. I am looking for methods to update the system to a new
> version level under these situations. Is there someway to synchronize the
> sources by burning a CD, without being able to employ CVSsup or similar?
> I see how to bring ports over manually and how to do simple kernal option
> changes, my question is in regard to going from O/S version 6.0 to 6.1
> or 6.1 to 6.1 stable . Thanks.
You have a number of choices:
1) You can burn your own distro CD and upgrade. There are a number of
HOWTOs floating around the internet, and it seems as if the process
is getting simpler with each new release.
2) You could burn a copy of the /usr/src that matches the version you
want to upgrade to and then copy it from CD to the local machine and
do the make build|install process.
3) We run our own cvsup server at the office. Many servers do not have
a path to the Internet, but they can access our local cvsup server to
do updates. The cvsup server (obviously) needs access to the
Internet. The cvsup-mirror port makes this particularly easy to set
up.
Hope this helps.
--
Bill Moran
There's more'n seventy little earth's spinning about the galaxy, and the
meek have inherited not a one.
Malcom Reynolds
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