Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:24:26 +1000 From: Robert Backhaus <robbak@gmail.com> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Subject: Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Message-ID: <d44995804122918244c56cfb3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229203601.GD10293@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <FA148342E1CB891D674B768C@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229210110.GA16903@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <44633F1A12BF90A756A3AB0F@palle.girgensohn.se> <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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Remember, a remote install is possible (although I've never done it) by connecting a null modem cable between two machines' serial ports and using that for a console - Some people keep remote systems daisy-chained in this manner to cope with boot failures. On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:38:23 -0500, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > Palle Girgensohn wrote: > > > I've tried the UPDATING instructions, both locally and remotely (the > > latter failed ;-). But really, everything has to be reinstalled, ports > > and the lot, so a new install is probably the best way... > > > > That's not so bad. A reinstall means you can newfs your partitions as > UFS2 filesystems, which wouldn't be the case if you upgraded 4.10 in-place. > > Cheers, > > Paul. > -- > > e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > --- Frank Vincent Zappa > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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