Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:02:34 +0100 From: Jeronimo Calvo <jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: upgrading remote server Message-ID: <beaf3aa50910181102k39d23110kd467fe79b4de73f5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <beaf3aa50910181101y1fc66eefs78052dc96857de4e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ADB2F6F.8090107@identry.com> <9cbf3f070910180834g775f7116o688ffbdc1861642d@mail.gmail.com> <4ADB51AA.80104@identry.com> <beaf3aa50910181101y1fc66eefs78052dc96857de4e@mail.gmail.com>
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quiet interesting that serial port thingy! do you know the name of it btw? I will be interested to install on of them... and start saving some money going to my office :D when i can not use even ssh... 2009/10/18 John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com>: >>> I've been reading the upgrade chapter in "Absolute FreeBSD", and it see= ms >>> like the best option is to download the source files for 7.2 and upgrad= e >>> from sources. >> >> >> I've done it several times via ssh between major and minor versions >> without >> any problems. You should read /usr/src/UPDATING for any additional >> information. > > Updating the source tree was no problem. So far so good. I'm running 'mak= e > buildworld' right now. > > Luckily I have a remote serial port thingy, so I should be able to login = to > the box, even if ssh doesn't come up after reboot. > > Pretty interesting, though I'd be a lot more nervous if this box had live > applications running... Which is why it was still on 6.2! > > Hopefully after this I'll feel more comfortable doing major upgrades, > instead of just running freebsd-update. > > -- John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ =A0www.asciiribbon.org =A0| Against proprietary extensions --=20 () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions
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