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. > > > > You can upgrade to -current snapshots using the normal methods or if you > > prefer running -stable you can build a release in another computer and > > install from that. A standard binary upgrade followed by sysmerge is > > relatively quick and easy. > > Is there a way to do it without rebooting the machine into single mode?
You can try untarring snapshots manually, but that's far outside the realm of being supported. If you're upgrading the kernel, you're going to have to reboot. I'm not sure what you're trying to avoid single user mode for. > > 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 >-------------- ]
