Re: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-07 Thread M
On Jan 7, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Danny MacMillan wrote: I haven't looked at the code, but your assertion is extremely unlikely. I really want to say "impossible" but as I said, I haven't looked at the code. If FreeBSD loaded entire executable images into RAM when starting new processes, it would perfo

Re: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-07 Thread Danny MacMillan
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 07:25:02AM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:26, Tabor Kelly wrote: > > > > I routinely use 'portupgrade -rRN' in xterm, in X-Windows to > > install new ports on my box. The second to last time I did this, > > one of the ports what was upgraded was xterm.

Re: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-07 Thread Mike Jeays
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:26, Tabor Kelly wrote: > Laurence Sanford wrote: > > Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: > > > > > This is possible, however you are always taking a chance when you > > installworld without going to single user mode first. That said, I make > > a habit out of pushing my luck w

Re: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Tabor Kelly
Laurence Sanford wrote: Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: This is possible, however you are always taking a chance when you installworld without going to single user mode first. That said, I make a habit out of pushing my luck with systems I have in front of me by going so far as to make installworld

RE: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Subhro
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Koenig (jWeb) > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:13 > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Remote upgrade possible? > > I have a freebsd 4.9 system that

Re: Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Laurence Sanford
Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: I have a freebsd 4.9 system that I'd like to get upgraded to 4.10 and then soon to 4.11. However, the server is not physically in front of me, nor do I have physical access to it. Is it possible still to upgrade it, or do I need to physically get in front of the machine

Remote upgrade possible?

2005-01-06 Thread Joseph Koenig (jWeb)
I have a freebsd 4.9 system that I'd like to get upgraded to 4.10 and then soon to 4.11. However, the server is not physically in front of me, nor do I have physical access to it. Is it possible still to upgrade it, or do I need to physically get in front of the machine somehow? Thanks, Joe Koenig