2009/7/21 Bret S. Lambert <bret.lamb...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:57:59PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> 2009/7/21 Bret S. Lambert <bret.lamb...@gmail.com>: >> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:48:20PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> >> 2009/7/21 Bret S. Lambert <bret.lamb...@gmail.com>: >> >> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:36:01PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> >> >> 2009/7/21 Emilio Perea <epe...@walkereng.com>: >> >> >> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:28:52PM +0200, Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: >> >> >> >> I have installed openbsd on a 2 gb cf card. Is there a way to update >> >> >> >> my system and install all patches for my release using binaries? I >> >> >> >> have no free space to recompile the system from sources, still i >> >> >> >> would >> >> >> >> like to do an update if necessary. >> >> >> > >> >> For e.g. when I just need to patch few programs I don't want to reboot >> >> the whole machine. I want to minimize any downtine as much as >> >> possible. >> > >> > Then you can burn a release on another machine as outlined in the release >> > man page. >> > >> > If you don't have another machine of the same arch, you can NFS mount >> > the source and obj dirs and build from there. >> > >> > It'll take a week and a day, though, to do that if you're on a slow >> > machine, >> > which I'm guessing you are, since it runs off of CF. >> > >> >> >> >> The machine has dual-core xeon cpu and 2 gb of ram so it is quite >> fast. It is a small router box, so I have choose CF over regular hdd. >> What I am looking for is a way to update the system as easily as with >> freebsd-update of apt-get. >> Unpacking archives to my / looks fine, but I was wondering if there is >> an easier method. > > Then follow instructions for updating to -stable and NFS mount the source > and obj dirs. There's binpatch and the like, but they aren't part of > base, so you'll have to contact the author(s) or hope someone here is > willing to help should you run into trouble. > > Hell, with a bit of script-fu, you can automate the process of compiling > and installing as outlined on www.openbsd.org.
Thanks a lot :) I'll try to solve it that way then. All best, mjb -- [ -----< Maciej Jan Broniarz || gau...@gausus.net >------ ] | Siamo qui \ sotto la stessa luce \ sotto la sua croce \ | | cantando ad una voce \ E l'Emmanuel Emmanuel, Emmanuel, | [ ---------------< E l'Emmanuel, Emmanuel >-------------- ]
