On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:35:17 +0200, Nick Holland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] Build out a machine as similar to your
remote machine as you can (and I don't just mean just the OpenBSD
version[*]), back it up. Now, put it in another room, and upgrade it.
If it works, restore, try it again. If it doesn't, walk over, figure
out what went wrong, fix, and try again.
Nick, you definetly have a good point.
I nice way to create an identical local machine is by tar-piping your
remote installation through an SSH connection directly onto a local disk
(assuming you have created an identical disk layout first) [*]. You might
probably want to exclude /usr/src, /usr/ports and other directories that
you can not cause any problems.
Also, if you just do not have a spare machine, qemu (or similar) might be
helpful. Here, it is also easy to undo the process if you make a mistake.
Bernd
[*] Disclaimer: I have to admit, I never did this with an OpenBSD machine,
only with a Linux one.
