Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? Thanks, Olivier your mileage may vary... but i do it without killing any services (but i also know that i am the only one logged into the machine). when you install world, *for the most part*, you are not tampering with things like apache, etc. as always, good backups of your data and configurations are a must before performing any such dangerous process as a multiuser-mode installworld. when going from 5.x to 6.x, most people recommend first upgrading to the lastest possible 5.x release first, and then moving on to 6.x (so in your case, either 5.5-STABLE or 5.5-RELEASE-p13. good luck, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access
On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? Thanks, Olivier your mileage may vary... but i do it without killing any services (but i also know that i am the only one logged into the machine). when you install world, *for the most part*, you are not tampering with things like apache, etc. as always, good backups of your data and configurations are a must before performing any such dangerous process as a multiuser-mode installworld. when going from 5.x to 6.x, most people recommend first upgrading to the lastest possible 5.x release first, and then moving on to 6.x (so in your case, either 5.5-STABLE or 5.5-RELEASE-p13. good luck, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here how I did it for many remote servers I own and help friends to run. First install screen from the ports to make your life easier. After csup to the branch you desire to upgrade to, like RELENG_6_2 or RELENG_6 to get the latest changes in 6.x branch do these stuff. #rm -r /usr/obj/* #cd /usr/src #make cleanworld #mergemaster -p #make buildworld #make buildkernel #make installkernel #reboot #cd /usr/src #make installworld #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. #reboot -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:44:34 +0300 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? Thanks, Olivier your mileage may vary... but i do it without killing any services (but i also know that i am the only one logged into the machine). when you install world, *for the most part*, you are not tampering with things like apache, etc. as always, good backups of your data and configurations are a must before performing any such dangerous process as a multiuser-mode installworld. when going from 5.x to 6.x, most people recommend first upgrading to the lastest possible 5.x release first, and then moving on to 6.x (so in your case, either 5.5-STABLE or 5.5-RELEASE-p13. good luck, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here how I did it for many remote servers I own and help friends to run. First install screen from the ports to make your life easier. After csup to the branch you desire to upgrade to, like RELENG_6_2 or RELENG_6 to get the latest changes in 6.x branch do these stuff. #rm -r /usr/obj/* #cd /usr/src #make cleanworld #mergemaster -p #make buildworld #make buildkernel #make installkernel #reboot #cd /usr/src #make installworld #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. #reboot This is rather a sub-question than an answer: can Colin Percival's depenguinator (http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/) be used for such porpose? I mean, can someone run (or tweak) this program to run on an old remote FreeBSD installation in order to easily get a new fresh FreeBSD system? Nikola Lečić ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access
Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? Thanks, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
