Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:54:32 +0100 From: "Karl M. Joch" <k.joch@kmjeuro.com> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAsed/Xdt7f0yz0zXA7MPsoQAAAAAfAAAAAD4AABAAAABVJg0r3nIATYnBy4bZUYgfAQAAAAA=@kmjeuro.com> In-Reply-To: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se>
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=20 i managed to update remote server by sending a prepared harddisk which = was mounted by a local technical staff. after the system boots you can mount = the old partitions and move them to the new harddisk. Then partition the old harddisks, newfs with ufs2 and move the data back in place. This works = very well. after everything is done the sent harddisk can be removed and the system work with the original hardware. Everything else then a fresh = install and formating with ufs2 looks like to make no sence.=20 --=20 Best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Karl M. Joch -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] Im Auftrag von Palle = Girgensohn Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Dezember 2004 21:31 An: stable@freebsd.org Betreff: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Hi! Has anyone managed to update a 4.10 system to 5.3 remotely, i.e. without = console access, and without spare disk partitions? I have a bunch of 4.10 machines that are too far away for me to actually = do=20 the update hands on. I've tried it on a test machine, it fails half way=20 through installworld, and really needs single user mode to succeed. The=20 install procedure fails since it starts using the newly installed stuff, = things like sh(1) and test(1), and they cannot find their libc.so.5, I=20 guess... One idea I have is copying / and /usr to some other place and set = ldconfig=20 and PATH=3Dsome/other/place and when building and installing. Haven't = tried=20 it yet, thought I'd hear anyone on this list has a better suggestion? Optimally, there would a couple of gigs on a separate spare disk = partition=20 so I could just install everything there and use it upon reboot. Problem = is, there is no such space. :( Thanks Palle _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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