From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 16:21:00 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 CD4DC106567A for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285A98FC14 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:20:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from vhoffman-macbook.lon.namesco.net (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m77GL9qg061291 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:21:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <489B20E7.1060907@unsane.co.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:20:55 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Liddell References: <200808061826.34644.shinjii@maydias.com> <39DC135F7F0571489196E0B6F5D58B4A03B45FDE@MWBEXCH.mweb.com> <200808072229.21554.shinjii@maydias.com> In-Reply-To: <200808072229.21554.shinjii@maydias.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Rudi Kramer - MWEB , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x 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: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:00 -0000 Warren Liddell wrote: >> The easiest way to do the upgrade (if you are using a GENERIC kernel) is >> to use Freebsd-update (http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/) >> >> It's a pretty powerful tool which allows you to do binary updates for >> FreeBSD. >> >> To upgrade between major versions you would want to check out this page: >> http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade >> .html. >> > > If i have read the man pages correct the command im using being ... > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.0-CURRENT > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > Are there more mirrors or am i missing something here ? > Yes, 7.0-CURRENT doesnt exist. freebsd-update will do releases (with updates) not -CURRENT or -STABLE use 7.0-RELEASE instead (which will get you 7.0-RELEASE-p3) looking in my command history i used freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE install Vince > _______________________________________________ > 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" >