Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3?

From: Palle Girgensohn (girgen_at_pingpong.net)
Date: 12/29/04

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    Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:49:10 +0100
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>

    --On onsdag, december 29, 2004 12.36.01 -0800 Brooks Davis
    <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:

    > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:30:37PM +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
    >> Has anyone managed to update a 4.10 system to 5.3 remotely, i.e. without
    >> console access, and without spare disk partitions?
    >>
    >> I have a bunch of 4.10 machines that are too far away for me to actually
    >> do the update hands on. I've tried it on a test machine, it fails half
    >> way through installworld, and really needs single user mode to succeed.
    >> The install procedure fails since it starts using the newly installed
    >> stuff, things like sh(1) and test(1), and they cannot find their
    >> libc.so.5, I guess...
    >>
    >> One idea I have is copying / and /usr to some other place and set
    >> ldconfig and PATH=some/other/place and when building and installing.
    >> Haven't tried it yet, thought I'd hear anyone on this list has a better
    >> suggestion?
    >>
    >> Optimally, there would a couple of gigs on a separate spare disk
    >> partition so I could just install everything there and use it upon
    >> reboot. Problem is, there is no such space. :(
    >
    > In general, my suggestion would be, don't do that. Do you really need
    > to upgrade? Remember, 4.11 is likely to be supported for security
    > upgrades into early 2006 so if your machines are working and you don't
    > really need the new functionality, I'd suggest avoiding an upgrade.

    Well, I need wide char support, as in iswlower and the likes. Maybe I could
    use some portability lib or similar...? Ideas?

    BTW, do you mean that 5.3 is not stable enough, or just that it is a
    nuisance to upgrade? While I agree that 4.10 is very stable, a lot of
    things have improved with 5.x...

    /Palle

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