Re: updating remote 2.5 to current

[David Uhring <duhring@charter.net>]

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Wozz wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 09:57:13PM -0500, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> > I tried the update, I failed.  The box is running, but SSh isn't working.  
> > As suggested, I had enabled telnet before rebooting, with the intent of 
> > using an "in the clear" password, just in case.  The telnet prompts come 
> > up, but it won't let me log into root.  Must be some other flag I missed.
> > 
> > Cheaper for me to buy another machine, configure it, and ship it down 
> > there than to update it.  OpenBSD is definitely not ready for 
> > operational prime time.  This was way too much work!
> > 
> 
> a machine in an unattended machine room with no way to power cycle or reboot 
> out of band is also not ready for operational prime time.

Like Theo told the guy, put NT on the machine, although this thread is starting
to get a little humorous.  If he did install NT, maybe we wouldn't have to see
this crap anymore.

Dave Uhring