Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:06:19 -0500 From: "Crucial Servers" <admin@crucialservers.net> To: "Vulpes Velox" <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5 Message-ID: <1c2101c406db$26fff690$6401a8c0@JAMES> References: <1b5b01c40671$fe69bc70$6401a8c0@JAMES> <20040310003741.6a148ff0@vixen42.>
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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. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vulpes Velox" <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: "Crucial Servers" <admin@crucialservers.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:37 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5 > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 02:33:34 -0500 > "Crucial Servers" <admin@crucialservers.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I need some advice on steps for upgrading a very valueble > > machine. This machine has an uptime of 393 days. I need to > > install a secure version of "curl" this is our main focus right > > now. FreeBSD 3.5 ports collection is very b0rked and nothing > > works, I tried downloading the cvsup source and installing it, > > but now it cant find m3build. > > > > My main focus is getting this OS to 4.9-STABLE the SAFE way and > > "Yes" its a contracted machine so its remote. I know there is > > going to be tons of b0rked programs when I'm all said and done. > > Can someone please explain how to tackle this animal slowly, I > > was thinking 4.0 then 4.5 then 4.9. > > > > If I can avoid this all together and install a secured version > > of "curl" it would be appreaciated. I really cant find the > > source anywhere. > > No clue what it would take to cvsup that... but what I would do is > throw together a 4stable install together on another similar box and > take care of all the tweakings, data importing, and ect. Then when > that machines scheduled downtime/maintance/whatever arrivces swap out > either the drive or the entire machine. > >
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