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Date:      Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:25:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>
To:        Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: portupgrade question
Message-ID:  <900507.59154.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <4ad871310902241816p20a3c8cdscf0bafce0968d70c@mail.gmail.com>

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Thanks Glen:

Never used screen. Does that mean it is too late and I have to start over again?




--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: portupgrade question
> To: ipfreak@yahoo.com
> Cc: "freebsd general questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 6:16 PM
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM, gahn
> <ipfreak@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I was doing "portupgrade -fa -y" remotely
> via ssh (desktop xp), it worked fine and was still running
> almost two days (7.1). But suddenly i lost power on my xp
> station, lost ssh connection to the freebsd7.1 box.
> >
> > What shall i do so that i don't have to start over
> again?
> >
> 
> Next time, use sysutils/screen.  You *should* just be able
> to restart
> the portupgrade, and (ideally) it should start where it
> left off.
> 
> -- 
> Glen Barber
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