From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Feb 9 5:48:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB1137B41D for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 05:48:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a114.otenet.gr [212.205.215.114]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g19DmQto018682; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:48:26 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g19DmPm09119; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:48:25 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:48:25 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Mike K Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ is vague about upgrade from 3.x -> 4.x ... please help Message-ID: <20020209134825.GC8832@hades.hell.gr> References: <036801c1b150$6f0604d0$6601a8c0@mk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <036801c1b150$6f0604d0$6601a8c0@mk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i 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 On 2002-02-09 01:59, Mike K wrote: > 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? Your best bet is probably to install to a second box (as similar as possible to the remote box), set everything up, and then replace the disk of the remote machine with the new disk. I feel a lot safer when doing remote upgrades this way, and it only requires a single reboot to swap disks :) Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message