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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:44:06 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Crucial Servers <admin@crucialservers.net>
Cc:        Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
Subject:   Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5
Message-ID:  <20040310224406.GA5198@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <1c2101c406db$26fff690$6401a8c0@JAMES>
References:  <1b5b01c40671$fe69bc70$6401a8c0@JAMES> <20040310003741.6a148ff0@vixen42.> <1c2101c406db$26fff690$6401a8c0@JAMES>

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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 03:06:19PM -0500, Crucial Servers wrote:
> I wish this was an option for me but the contracted machine is in C&W's
> network operation center, not mine. I have no access to there machine
> besides remote root.

It's going to be pretty dangerous to update, then.  You need some kind
of fallback option when things go wrong - a remote serial console
would be best.  At the very least, set up an identical system locally
that you can practise on.

Kris

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