From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 18 15:08:33 2009 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 5F1BC1065670 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from smtp-gw30.mailanyone.net (smtp-gw30.mailanyone.net [208.70.128.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8F08FC0C for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailanyone.net by smtp-gw30.mailanyone.net with esmtpa (MailAnyone extSMTP jalmberg@identry.com) id 1MzXMg-0001BW-PK for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:08:11 -0500 Message-ID: <4ADB2F6F.8090107@identry.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:08:31 -0400 From: John Almberg User-Agent: Postbox 1.0.1 (Macintosh/2009100516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: upgrading remote server 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: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:08:33 -0000 I just reinstalled a server that was out for repair. It's on the network in the data center, but no applications are running on it, yet. I thought this would be a perfect time to upgrade the OS. It's currently running 6.2 Release, I want to bring it up to 7.2 Release. I'd like to do this remotely, if possible, since going to the data center is a pain. I've been reading the upgrade chapter in "Absolute FreeBSD", and it seems like the best option is to download the source files for 7.2 and upgrade from sources. >>> Sanity check: Am I on the right track? I've never done a major upgrade remotely, but I guess the worst that can happen is I have to burn a CD and drive into the data center. Any thoughts, much appreciated. -- John