Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script

2002-04-04 Thread Koroush Saraf
Hi All, I would like to upgrade a bunch of FreeBSD4.3 computers to FreeBSD 4.5. Following the FreeBSD handbook I have setup a computer as an ftp server to serve the contents of the CD4_5_1 as the root for anonymous FTP. I like to be able to write a script to tell sysinstall to simply upgrade all

Re: Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script

2002-04-04 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
* Koroush Saraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-04 09:56:39 -0800]: Hi All, I would like to upgrade a bunch of FreeBSD4.3 computers to FreeBSD 4.5. Following the FreeBSD handbook I have setup a computer as an ftp server to serve the contents of the CD4_5_1 as the root for anonymous FTP. I like to

Re: Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script

2002-04-04 Thread Christopher Weimann
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 09:56:39AM -0800, Koroush Saraf wrote: Howevever the problem is that it comes back and gives the following error: ? Warning: Can't find the `4.3-RELEASE' distribution on this ? I think you need to use the new sysinstall from 4.5 rather than the old one from 4.3. I'm

Re: Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script

2002-04-04 Thread Terry Lambert
Koroush Saraf wrote: Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and also tell me how to script this? You have a number of bad assumptions. Here is the correct procedure: 1) Upgrade one system. This is necessary to obtain the correct /stand/sysinstall program and the

Re: Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script

2002-04-04 Thread Terry Lambert
Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and also tell me how to script this? put the cd in a directory named 4.3-RELEASE, sysinstall is looking for such a directory on the ftp-server Bad plan. Using the wrong sysinstall will get the hard coded header