using CVS to upgrade

2007-06-05 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
Got a question about upgrading using cvsup. I've been following Richard Bejtlich's excellent howto for keeping FreeBSD boxes up to date: http://www.taosecurity.com/keeping_freebsd_up-to-date.html The instructions say to create a supfile with a line like this: *default release=cv

Re: recovering from failed cvsup upgrade

2006-02-09 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wo_shi_big_stomach wrote: > > Greetings. I need help recovering a system that > became > > unresponsive during an upgrade. Steps: > > Download the FreeBSD 5.4 .iso image, and do a binary > upgrade installation

recovering from failed cvsup upgrade

2006-02-09 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
Greetings. I need help recovering a system that became unresponsive during an upgrade. Steps: 1. Using cvsup, I tried to upgrade a system from RELENG_5_2 to RELENG_5_3 with the usual sequence: cvsup -g -L 2 (cvsup file) make -j 4 buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP make installkernel KERNCON

Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8

2005-02-28 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
> > > >you might try paging through "dmesg | more" to see > if > >the system recognizes your interface on bootup. > > %dmesg | more | grep dc0 > > dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0x6800-0x68ff > mem > 0xe900-0xe9ff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 > miibus0: on dc0 > dc0: Ethernet addr

Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8

2005-02-26 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
--- Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just can't help but notice that this is only a > problem on my 5.3 box and > not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, > although obviously I am > still a newbie at this. you might try paging through "dmesg | more" to see if the system re

Re: updating system version of OpenSSH

2005-02-26 Thread wo_shi_big_stomach
Phil Schulz wrote: > If you can't afford to upgrade the base OS and you do not want to > install OpenSSH from the ports Sorry, I wasn't clear. I have no problem installing or upgrading OpenSSH from ports. Indeed, that's all I know how to do. My question is how to upgrade OpenSSH as included wit