2009/7/21 Bret S. Lambert <bret.lamb...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:36:01PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> 2009/7/21 Emilio Perea <epe...@walkereng.com>: >> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:28:52PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> >> I have installed openbsd on a 2 gb cf card. Is there a way to update >> >> my system and install all patches for my release using binaries? I >> >> have no free space to recompile the system from sources, still i would >> >> like to do an update if necessary. >> > >> > You can upgrade to -current snapshots using the normal methods or if you >> > prefer running -stable you can build a release in another computer and >> > install from that. A standard binary upgrade followed by sysmerge is >> > relatively quick and easy. >> >> Is there a way to do it without rebooting the machine into single mode? > > You can try untarring snapshots manually, but that's far outside the > realm of being supported. > > If you're upgrading the kernel, you're going to have to reboot. I'm not > sure what you're trying to avoid single user mode for. >
For e.g. when I just need to patch few programs I don't want to reboot the whole machine. I want to minimize any downtine as much as possible. mjb -- [ -----< Maciej Jan Broniarz || gau...@gausus.net >------ ] | Siamo qui \ sotto la stessa luce \ sotto la sua croce \ | | cantando ad una voce \ E l'Emmanuel Emmanuel, Emmanuel, | [ ---------------< E l'Emmanuel, Emmanuel >-------------- ]
