From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 3 4:33:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from service.sh.cvut.cz (service.sh.cvut.cz [147.32.127.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6B037B400 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 04:33:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veverka.sh.cvut.cz (veverka.sh.cvut.cz [147.32.127.216]) by service.sh.cvut.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9361E745; Fri, 3 May 2002 13:32:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from buki@localhost) by veverka.sh.cvut.cz (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA35965; Fri, 3 May 2002 13:33:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from buki) Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 13:33:21 +0200 From: Buki To: Shawn Walker Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote Upgrade Message-ID: <20020503133321.A29956@veverka.sh.cvut.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from shawn@eblend.org on Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:54:07PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:54:07PM -0400, Shawn Walker wrote: > Hello, > > I currently have a box running 4.1-RELEASE. It is not possible for me > to gain physical access to the box, so I was wondering if it is possible to > upgrade the box remotely. I have looked at the instructions in the handbook > and in /usr/src/UPDATING, but there is some mention of a few steps that > should be completed in single user mode. Is it possible to do this > remotely? works for me just fine, but there is a risk. First make sure noone else is using the box (and possibly interfere with you/make). Than make sure your kernel config has all the devices needed to boot. Than pray and install, mergemaster and reboot :-) Buki > > Thanks, > > -- > Shawn Walker > shawn@eblend.org <-----> http://www.eblend.org/ > > "In rural areas, we're not going to have full coverage until cows talk." > -- Dan Dan Wilinsky, Sprint PCS > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PGP public key: http://dev.null.cz/buki.asc /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML & Outlook Mail / \ http://www.thebackrow.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message