David Wolfskill wrote: > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:29:23PM +0200, Scott Harrison wrote: >> I have some 4.x servers that I would like to upgrade to 5.x, and >> perhaps 6.x. However, I do not have any local access to these >> machines. I can ssh into them only. I would like to know whether it >> is possible for me to upgrade the machines with only ssh access, and >> what one should do to go about upgrading them. ... > I then have little shell scripts to use "dump | restore" to "clone" the > file systems from one slice to the other. ... > * Reboot from the "other" slice (the target of the above operation). > * Upgrade in place. > * Reboot (without changing active slice).
I do almost the same; I do not reboot to the other slice to upgrade it, instead I use the current slice to upgrade, and if that fails reboot to the other slice (the backup slice). It's the same idea, with one less reboot. This dual-boot-slice (or disk :) setup also allows for the UFS->UFS2 transition. regards, Hans Lambermont _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"