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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!irz401!orion.sax.de!uriah.heep!news From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Remote upgrade 2.10 -> 2.15 Date: 28 Sep 1996 16:20:28 GMT Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden Lines: 17 Message-ID: <52jj8c$2p5@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <fred-2009961528330001@titanium.shocking.com> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) wrote: > I have been asked to upgrade someone's FreeBSD system from 2.1.0-RELEASE > to 2.1.5-RELEASE. Problem: I am 500 miles from the server. What is the > best way to do this task remotely? The FAQ's and Manual don't seem to > address this topic. Thank you! Connect his first serial line to a modem, and use a serial console (either -h at the boot prompt, or you can install modified bootblock that enforce a serial console). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)