From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Feb 9 1:59:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from webclan.com (webclan.com [216.149.213.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A5D637B405 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 73552 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2002 10:12:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mk) (24.48.219.208) by msquaredweb.net with SMTP; 9 Feb 2002 10:12:40 -0000 Message-ID: <036801c1b150$6f0604d0$6601a8c0@mk> From: "Mike K" To: Subject: FAQ is vague about upgrade from 3.x -> 4.x ... please help Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:59:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello... I have a remote 3.4-RELEASE box (production box) that I would like to upgrade to the latest version (4.5?). I have searched and read and reviewed the FAQ, especially this page: http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/01.31.shtml which says: "We strongly recommend that you use binary snapshots to do this. 4-STABLE snapshots are available at Upgrading via source is never recommended for new users, and upgading from 3.X -> 4.X is even less so; make sure you have read the instructions carefully before attempting to upgrade via source this! " Now, I was told by several freebsd people (who know a hell of a lot more than I) that upgrading from 3.x to 4.x using binary snapshots is cake and can be done safely and easily remotely, without console access. My problem is that I can't find information regarding this.... whatsoever. Everywhere I look it just has the same line from a mirror of the FAQ. Does anyone have step-by-step instructions for upgrading 3.x (or 3.4-REL specifically) to the latest 4.x.....remotely/safely/with-minimal-downtime? Thanks. -MK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message