Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:56:59 +0100 From: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from running FreeBSD Message-ID: <20141128185659.7492fd85bcc5d852ed0b2c7e@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <5478AF5B.2050307@gmail.com> References: <20141128174840.6fa1bbb65c1d81e1f25f216e@yahoo.es> <5478A899.5050105@bsdjunk.com> <5478AF5B.2050307@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:22:35 +0200 Alnis Morics <alnis.morics@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 11/28/2014 18:53, Chris Petrik wrote: > > > > On 11/28/2014 10:48, Eduardo Morras wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a server running FreeBSD 9.2-p15. I want to upgrade it to > >> release 10.1 with minimal shutdown so I'm thinking about > >> installing 10.1 in a new partition running the 10.1 installer from > >> 9.2., configure the system, install and configure ports, and then > >> restart with 10.1. I never did it before nor know if it can be > >> done and some questions emerge: > >> > >> a) Did someone tried it before? > >> b) Can it be done safety/ly? > >> c) How can I install ports or pkgs in 10.1 partition from 9.2, > >> perhaps with the pkg jail (-j) option? > >> > >> Thanks in advence > >> > >> > >> --- --- > >> Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> > Yes, and you can make an OS dump before you upgrade, in case > something goes wrong. Yes, but recover from a dump is slower than a simple reboot if something goes wrong. That's why I want to try this, I need minimal downtime. I have seen the multipartition scheme used by nanobsd, where the upgrade is done to different partition [1] and if something fails, a reboot is enough. [1] https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.html 2.4 Updating NanoBSD --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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