Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:56:26 -0800 From: Patrick Gibson <gibblertron@gmail.com> To: Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there? Message-ID: <AANLkTinCDXUiDWVOPu5O4d6Vv=gs3_yzLLfO=bLVf7Qq@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin39JjTsts2WwgDUV2QfZL745D0P3DqTkko8TFq@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTin39JjTsts2WwgDUV2QfZL745D0P3DqTkko8TFq@mail.gmail.com>
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If you're using a fairly recent version of FreeBSD, why not just use the built-in freebsd-update? freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE freebsd-update install reboot freebsd-update install Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > If I understand the process of upgrading FreeeBSD correctly, after running: > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel > > make installkernel > > I then need to reboot into single user mode (which can only be done if > I'm physically standing at the machine, right?), and then finally: > > adjkerntz -i > > mount -a -t ufs > > mergemaster -p > > cd /usr/src > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > and then one final reboot. > > Is there a way to finish the upgrade process without actually being in > front of the server??? > > Thank you, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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