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Subject: Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3?
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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.
> --
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> e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu
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