From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOpKo-0006WW-J3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:13:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 851B8E05C3; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:13:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F79E05C3 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:13:39 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAIjWsEd8qTZq/2dsb2JhbACrIg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,338,1199631600"; d="scan'208";a="225082386" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.54.106]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2008 16:13:37 +0900 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76838FDFC07 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:13:37 +0900 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jX+1OuwTmHry for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:13:08 +0900 (WST) Received: from [192.168.50.73] (unknown [192.168.50.73]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B77FDFC4B for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:13:08 +0900 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Challenging Update Question From: "W.Kenworthy" To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080211233002.p71xacark0wwoggg@webmail.collinstarkweather.com> References: <20080211233002.p71xacark0wwoggg@webmail.collinstarkweather.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:13:07 +0900 Message-Id: <1202800387.20052.19.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 74debd37-8f18-432b-a154-986b17eb6ceb X-Archives-Hash: f1d9e2e263b2760c6a756c6a60cc6687 Rebuild/upgrade on the redundant drive in a chroot Rebuild elsewhere (local to you) on similar hardware and copy OS over. I suspect though, that building a new system, getting it working and shipping it as a black box would be the most low risk/effective strategy. Hint: Setup grub to boot either os so local support only has to select which disk to boot from if there is a failure. BillK On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 23:30 -0700, Collin Starkweather wrote: > I have a server that is in need of a significant update, but it's > proving a challenge. I have a big picture question, then provide some > details below. -- gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org mailing list