Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:40:04 +0000 From: "krad@snaffler.net" <krad@snaffler.net> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zszalbot@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <49817974.3030307@snaffler.net> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0901282247q2a19dd7es6d9d0be45d921c68@mail.gmail.com> References: <94136a2c0901280332n7301fe50tc85408a9f20c6a22@mail.gmail.com> <49804A92.904@gmail.com> <20090128133943.6ac00015@gumby.homeunix.com> <4981455F.8060907@comcast.net> <49814E03.5010908@gmail.com> <94136a2c0901282247q2a19dd7es6d9d0be45d921c68@mail.gmail.com>
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hi all, > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 07:34, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Akenner wrote: >> >>> RW wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 >>>> Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, >>>>> it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system >>>> update problems are using freebsd-update. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can >>> someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS >>> and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has >>> exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding >>> it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to >>> get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >> csup -g -L 1 -h cvs#.cc.freebsd.org >> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile >> >> i.e: cvs17.us.freebsd.org >> >> This will update to your uname -r latest patchlevel. Copy and replace (for >> you): RELENG_7_0 with RELENG_7_1 to get the latest patchlevel for 7.1 >> >> >> Original doc seems either replaced by the freebsd-update method (while >> excellent, there are a few things that CVS really triumphs on). >> >> csup is part of base. >> >> I'd be glad to help you through. The canonical update method is still >> listed in the handbook (SS. 24.7.1) used after retrieving the sources. >> > > Thank you Tim for the answers! So far I have used freebsd-update to > apply updates. I seem to recall that it is never good to mix the two > systems (freebsd-updates and csup) to avoid trouble. Is that true? > > Also, the documentation you mention (24.7.1) says this: > > After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single > user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). > > How can this be done with a remote machine? > > NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you will have no ip up
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