On Παρ 15 Ιουν 2012 18:03:26 Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Not talking about going to something after 8.3.19, just updating to
> the latest 8.3 version. On most systems it's a simple:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> or similar and sit back and watch.
Thanx, unfortunately we dont have TCP/IP connectivity to (most of) the ships, and AFAIK apt-get does not yet work
over advanced UUCP/minicom/kermit or other equivalent hich-tech dial up connection.
just joking :)
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Achilleas Mantzios
>
> <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
> > On Παρ 15 Ιουν 2012 10:28:20 Scott Marlowe wrote:
> >> You do realize you're missing four years of bug fixes right?
> >
> > On Πεμ 14 Ιουν 2012 11:39:35 Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> >> Unfortunately the remote installations are neither physically accessible
> >> nor by TCP/IP accesible (comms are done via UUCP and administration via
> >> minicom, and the costs are just huge 5 USD/min for 33Kbits/sec). So, i
> >> would exhaust all posibilities before deciding to ship a new postgresql
> >> version there, and remotely upgrade, physically travel to the ship or
> >> even trying to do a backup/initdb/restore in the existing version. Any
> >> help would be really really appreciated.
> >>
> >> Also, as you might have understood, upgrading, although generally a good
> >> idea, does not apply so easily in our case.
> >
> > And i forgot to mention, minicom term emulation quality sucks, even
> > giving simple shell commands is a PITA, upgrading the whole fleet would
> > mean bast case scenario minimum 21K USD for the whole fleet + suspension
> > of all other activities for two months. If physical travel was involved,
> > the cost would be increased at even higher levels.
> >
> >
> > -
> > Achilleas Mantzios
> > IT DEPT
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Achilleas Mantzios
IT DEPT
