Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-22 Thread Valentin Nechayev
Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 23:40:05, des wrote about Re: complicated downgrade: I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Maybe if you tell us why you need to do this we can figure out a way for you

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-22 Thread Bosko Milekic
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:01:06AM +0300, Valentin Nechayev wrote: Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 23:40:05, des wrote about Re: complicated downgrade: I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-22 Thread Valentin Nechayev
Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:20:30, bmilekic wrote about Re: complicated downgrade: This sounds like the same symptoms as the latest USB problem... when/if you track -current or even run one of the 5.x releases, it's key to realize that this is very active code that you're running; it's

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-21 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Valentin Nechayev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Maybe if you tell us why you need to do this we can figure out a way for you to avoid doing it? DES --

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-20 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 08:48:40AM -0700, LLeweLLyn Reese wrote: Valentin Nechayev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] 8. Disable all processes except sshd and run the following (saying generally): for D in /bin /sbin /etc /boot /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/lib /usr/libexec \

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-19 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 09:34:28PM -0700 I heard the voice of Terry Lambert, and lo! it spake thus: Your biggest problems are going to be the creation of the /dev, which will need to occur in an rc.local on reboot, Mightn't you be able to get away with this by something like: - Downgrade / to

complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Valentin Nechayev
(Cc'ed to phk@ as to main GEOM and DEVFS developer; see corresponding questions below.) Hi, I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Don't ask why the collocation provider is too ugly and too far

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Daniel Lang
Hi, Valentin Nechayev wrote on Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:12:48PM +0300: [..] I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Don't ask why the collocation provider is too ugly and too far from me; it's

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:12:48PM +0300, Valentin Nechayev typed: 8. Disable all processes except sshd and run the following (saying generally): for D in /bin /sbin /etc /boot /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/lib /usr/libexec \ /usr/libdata /usr/share /usr/local /var/db do

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:12:48PM +0300, Valentin Nechayev wrote: This is really hard task... +for D in /bin /sbin /etc /boot /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/lib /usr/libexec \ + /usr/libdata /usr/share /usr/local /var/db +do +mv ${D} ${D}5 +mv ${D}4 {D} +done

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Valentin Nechayev
Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:44:33, nick wrote about Re: complicated downgrade: +do +mv ${D} ${D}5 +mv ${D}4 {D} +done Here is a race:) # mv /bin /bin5 # mv /bin4 /bin mv: Command not found. PATH=/bin4:/bin:/bin5/... I used the same at home

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Matt Loschert
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Valentin Nechayev wrote: (Cc'ed to phk@ as to main GEOM and DEVFS developer; see corresponding questions below.) Hi, I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Don't ask

Re: complicated downgrade

2003-07-18 Thread Terry Lambert
Valentin Nechayev wrote: I need to downgrade a remote FreeBSD system from 5.1-release to 4.8-release remotely without any local help (except possible hitting Reset). Don't ask why the collocation provider is too ugly and too far from me; it's given and unchangeable. This system never was 4.*