Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:20:55 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Warren Liddell <shinjii@maydias.com> Cc: Rudi Kramer - MWEB <rkramer@mweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x Message-ID: <489B20E7.1060907@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200808072229.21554.shinjii@maydias.com> References: <200808061826.34644.shinjii@maydias.com> <39DC135F7F0571489196E0B6F5D58B4A03B45FDE@MWBEXCH.mweb.com> <200808072229.21554.shinjii@maydias.com>
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Warren Liddell wrote: >> The easiest way to do the upgrade (if you are using a GENERIC kernel) is >> to use Freebsd-update (http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/) >> >> It's a pretty powerful tool which allows you to do binary updates for >> FreeBSD. >> >> To upgrade between major versions you would want to check out this page: >> http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade >> .html. >> > > If i have read the man pages correct the command im using being ... > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.0-CURRENT > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > Are there more mirrors or am i missing something here ? > Yes, 7.0-CURRENT doesnt exist. freebsd-update will do releases (with updates) not -CURRENT or -STABLE use 7.0-RELEASE instead (which will get you 7.0-RELEASE-p3) looking in my command history i used freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE install Vince > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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