Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:44:34 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access Message-ID: <499c70c0707041244u5f5127ffj4948ed7d116c2faf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200707041230.48171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200707040210.l642AMWQ084133@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200707041230.48171.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no > > way to access the machine in single user mode. > > > > Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? > > > > Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Olivier > > your mileage may vary... > > but i do it without killing any services (but i also know that i am the only > one logged into the machine). when you install world, *for the most part*, > you are not tampering with things like apache, etc. > > as always, good backups of your data and configurations are a must before > performing any such dangerous process as a multiuser-mode installworld. > > when going from 5.x to 6.x, most people recommend first upgrading to the > lastest possible 5.x release first, and then moving on to 6.x (so in your > case, either 5.5-STABLE or 5.5-RELEASE-p13. > > good luck, > -- > Jonathan Horne > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > freebsd@dfwlp.com Here how I did it for many remote servers I own and help friends to run. First install screen from the ports to make your life easier. After csup to the branch you desire to upgrade to, like RELENG_6_2 or RELENG_6 to get the latest changes in 6.x branch do these stuff. #rm -r /usr/obj/* #cd /usr/src #make cleanworld #mergemaster -p #make buildworld #make buildkernel #make installkernel #reboot #cd /usr/src #make installworld #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. #reboot -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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