Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:50:51 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update via ISO image Message-ID: <52B8FD93.6040808@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <CAKoxK%2B55wc%2BPmePAU=ag6msO3yDwT4V4o8xSxkm%2BX0JNi6YEaA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKoxK%2B55wc%2BPmePAU=ag6msO3yDwT4V4o8xSxkm%2BX0JNi6YEaA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 23/12/2013 23:13, Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi, > I believe this is trivial, but I cannot find any hint in the > documentation: is it possible to do a full upgrade from a -RELEASE to > a -RELEASE using an ISO image? In particular I'm running a 9.1 and I'm > not able to run freebsd-update, can I update using the ISO of a > 9.2-RELEASE? I'll say yes. I do believe I have upgraded after booting from an install CD some time ago. At least installed a newer version over an existing version. I think the hassle was matching the mount points to the right slices, but this may be easier these days. You may find it easier to manually install the tarballs from the CD - you can find them on the disk in usr/freebsd-dist and install them with cd /mnt/usr/freebsd-dist tar -xf -C / base.txz tar -xf -C / kernel.tbz tar -xf -C / lib32.txz You may also want to install some of the others - doc.txz games.txz ports.txz src.txz You can also download these installation tarballs without the entire iso image if you want to save bandwidth. Adjust the following link if you want i386 and for each tarball that you want to download. Then use the tar commands above. fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/9.2-RELEASE/base.txz
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