On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:11:03 +0300 Daniel Braniss <da...@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > when something gets too complicated, it's usualy helpful to look for other > ways > out: > the /(root) + /usr + kernel-debuging + src is less than 1GB, so what I > do (when diskless is not an option), I have a 2 partitions, both bootable, > and so i ALWAYS update the non active one, then > 1- I always have a working / in case the update screwed something > 2- I can update without problems.
A number of people have mentioned this, but none have pointed out that with a ZFS system, you don't even have to keep a spare partition around to do this. Cryx provided this script (http://anonsvn.h3q.com/projects/freebsd-patches/browser/manageBE/manageBE) which makes updating a FreeBSD system as simple any Unix system I've seen. <mike -- Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
