Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:31:03 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <stest030@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> To: "Denis Fortin" <fortin@acm.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading a remote system Message-ID: <200210062331.03175.stest030@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> In-Reply-To: <039301c26d66$89a10c40$0c7fa8c0@asus2000> References: <039301c26d66$89a10c40$0c7fa8c0@asus2000>
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On Sunday 06 October 2002 02:31 pm, Denis Fortin appears to have=20 written: > Greetings, > > The "makeworld" procedure to upgrade a FreeBSD system recommends > going to single user mode at some point. > > I need to upgrade a system that's in Canada (I am in France)... Is > there a recommended procedure for doing this? My only connection > into that machine is a telnet connection into the ISP. > The recommended procedure is to set up the system to use the serial=20 port as the local console, and have a second system that lets you=20 talk to that serial port via telnet or ssh or whatever. Of course, you=20 aren't likely to have that option at this point, so you are stuck with=20 doing what the rest of us do: most of the time you can get away with=20 doing the upgrade in multiuser mode if you kick all of the other users=20 off the system and kill unneeded processes so that you are working=20 with a quiet system. =20 The other option is to hire someone who knows FreeBSD to do it=20 for you. It isn't a bad idea to at least locate someone you can call=20 in to help, just in case you end up needing someone on site. > Any advice appreciated... > > Denis Fortin, fortin@acm.org Good luck, - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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