Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:56:20 +0200 From: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu> To: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access Message-ID: <200707041956.l64JuTe6027108@smtpclu-5.eunet.yu> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0707041244u5f5127ffj4948ed7d116c2faf@mail.gmail.com> References: <200707040210.l642AMWQ084133@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200707041230.48171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <499c70c0707041244u5f5127ffj4948ed7d116c2faf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:44:34 +0300 "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I > > > have no way to access the machine in single user mode. > > > > > > Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? > > > > > > Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Olivier > > > > your mileage may vary... > > > > but i do it without killing any services (but i also know that i am > > the only one logged into the machine). when you install world, > > *for the most part*, you are not tampering with things like apache, > > etc. > > > > as always, good backups of your data and configurations are a must > > before performing any such dangerous process as a multiuser-mode > > installworld. > > > > when going from 5.x to 6.x, most people recommend first upgrading > > to the lastest possible 5.x release first, and then moving on to > > 6.x (so in your case, either 5.5-STABLE or 5.5-RELEASE-p13. > > > > good luck, > > -- > > Jonathan Horne > > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > > freebsd@dfwlp.com >=20 > Here how I did it for many remote servers I own and help friends to > run. >=20 > First install screen from the ports to make your life easier. >=20 > After csup to the branch you desire to upgrade to, like RELENG_6_2 or > RELENG_6 to get the latest changes in 6.x branch do these stuff. >=20 > #rm -r /usr/obj/* > #cd /usr/src > #make cleanworld > #mergemaster -p > #make buildworld > #make buildkernel > #make installkernel > #reboot > #cd /usr/src > #make installworld > #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't > exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. > #reboot This is rather a sub-question than an answer: can Colin Percival's depenguinator (http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/) be used for such porpose? I mean, can someone run (or tweak) this program to run on an old remote FreeBSD installation in order to easily get a new fresh FreeBSD system? Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87
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