On Thu 2008-10-30 22:38:58 UTC+1100, Alasdair Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have been trying to update my system remotely using freebsd-update.sh . On 6.3 you should be using /usr/sbin/freebsd-update. Can you ping update1.freebsd.org? $ ping -c 5 update1.FreeBSD.org PING update1.FreeBSD.org (72.21.59.252): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 72.21.59.252: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=233.185 ms 64 bytes from 72.21.59.252: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=233.034 ms 64 bytes from 72.21.59.252: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=233.655 ms 64 bytes from 72.21.59.252: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=234.310 ms 64 bytes from 72.21.59.252: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=233.445 ms --- update1.FreeBSD.org ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 233.034/233.526/234.310/0.446 ms You might also like to try the --debug switch: $ sudo /usr/sbin/freebsd-update --debug fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org... latest.ssl 100% of 512 B 582 kBps done. Fetching metadata index... 344cfb64472cacb781688b5de744795f140233e84105c4100% of 225 B 234 kBps done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. No updates needed to update system to 6.3-RELEASE-p5. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"