From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 17:56:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C812D106566B for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:56:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF3B8FC17 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so195643iyj.13 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:56:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=s8Vnoxuv2TP4glUzDBJZAhp8THX0yq6UGgRqzFbAcKA=; b=YvZcbKrcWwR33nAPTBpGukM6a77ZC78Os4nCwjWPSzW/46xO9yDe9OpbcDwSajFpjz qbnIVgCvSB96fMx+hLIyJMXyMXSSer1t/Kda8T/98mSo9vsHMzRSEDC37MQA0OD3umnS Cws1wv15EM5uL0NqXBYYkqA5+1enwo/8qh3D8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=jYF7Zzw1Bf3gDrYNhlg184rKDw6OnlI3KBbtFLBDYQF3s3AlTkJj1ew5/MHA5QVlBr R2fqMtddNTO2RDuKwJYVHRVQLNt5AMPz+ijlztzspLWv9CjmmE1k69cnqbX+kVvgprvQ IYxD0CjiYfu+rkCFpkf2TCPIatx2QY/ldqs1U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.223.198 with SMTP id il6mr223581icb.284.1299088586776; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:56:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.38.2 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:56:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:56:26 -0800 Message-ID: From: Patrick Gibson To: Ed Flecko Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:56:27 -0000 If you're using a fairly recent version of FreeBSD, why not just use the built-in freebsd-update? freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE freebsd-update install reboot freebsd-update install Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Ed Flecko wrote: > Hi folks, > If I understand the process of upgrading FreeeBSD correctly, after running: > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel > > make installkernel > > I then need to reboot into single user mode (which can only be done if > I'm physically standing at the machine, right?), and then finally: > > adjkerntz -i > > mount -a -t ufs > > mergemaster -p > > cd /usr/src > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > and then one final reboot. > > Is there a way to finish the upgrade process without actually being in > front of the server??? > > Thank you, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >