Can upgrade a DFly using the ISO image?

[Matthew Dillon]

I don't think we have an automated facility to do that.  You can always do
it manually, but the preferred method is to build and install from sources.

-Matt

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Aaron LI <aaronly.me at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hello DFlyers,
>
> I just ordered and started a small VPS on LiteServer.nl [0], and installed
> the DragonFly BSD (version 4.6) using the ISO image their provided,
> since it is not allowed to install the OS from a ISO image URL.
>
> Can I upgrade the installed DFly using the built ISO image (e.g., 4.8
> release), without building from source and then install/upgrade?
> In other words, can I mount the ISO image somewhere, and upgrade an
> existing DFly system by installing from there?
>
> If I remember correctly, the FreeBSD installer provides an option to
> upgrade the existing installation.
>
> The reason for me to avoid upgrading by building from source, is the
> limited resource of my VPS, only 256MB RAM, to save money :).
>
> [0] https://www.liteserver.nl/
>
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Aly
>
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