Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-09 Thread dex
Also see my post to doc about restoring dump files over an http connection, in case your existing systems' partitions don't have enough room to temporarily store them. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2007-February/012190.html ___ freebsd-

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 11:39:31AM -0500, David Robillard wrote: > >OK. First, it was someone else who posted. I was one of the responders. > > My mistake! Sorry about this. > > > >That can be a good way of doing it. I have posted a list of steps > >for doing essentially that (slightly dif

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-09 Thread David Robillard
OK. First, it was someone else who posted. I was one of the responders. My mistake! Sorry about this. That can be a good way of doing it. I have posted a list of steps for doing essentially that (slightly different circumstances) a couple of times in the past. But there is one disadvant

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:30:44AM -0500, David Robillard wrote: > >I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in > >it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd > >every now and then). > > > >I want to get this remote machine running 6.2, so I figu

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-09 Thread David Robillard
I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd every now and then). I want to get this remote machine running 6.2, so I figured I'ld install the new OS on the second disk, then boot off the second disk, l

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-08 Thread Philipp Wuensche
Mark Messier wrote: > I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in > it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd > every now and then). > > I want to get this remote machine running 6.2, so I figured I'ld > install the new OS on the second disk, t

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 05:19:57PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:50:27PM -0800, Mark Messier wrote: > > > I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in > > it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd > > every now and

Re: remote install of 6.2

2007-03-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:50:27PM -0800, Mark Messier wrote: > I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in > it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd > every now and then). > > I want to get this remote machine running 6.2, so I figured I'ld

remote install of 6.2

2007-03-08 Thread Mark Messier
I have a remote machine running 4.8-p21. The system has two disks in it, but only one is used on a daily basis (the other is filled via dd every now and then). I want to get this remote machine running 6.2, so I figured I'ld install the new OS on the second disk, then boot off the second disk, l