On 02/06/14 05:49, davy wrote: > Hi, > > I’ve recently was asked to take over the maintenance of an old > OpenBSD machine, which has not been updated in the last 7 years. > > Currently the machine has been running for close to 1000 days on 4.1. > It has been a while since I worked with OpenBSD (shame on me), and > I’m really not sure what the best way would be to upgrade this > machine, knowning I don’t have a serial or local access to the box. > > Can I do a 4.1 -> 5.4 in one shot? > > thx! Davy >
You have a seven+ year old machine, with comparibly old disks. My suggestion: Build out a new machine using -current (yes, not 5.4. you have a big bump coming with 5.4 to 5.5, but if you install -current now, you are over the bump...then start back on releases/stable with 5.5). Configure the new machine exactly as you want it. Now, put it in service, decom the old machine...or minimum, swap the disks out of the old machine with these newly configured disks. This way, you never lose your functioning system...and you can freshen your hardware, too. Nick.
