> On Sep 20, 2015, at 9:36 PM, Quartz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does your embedded storage run NOR/NAND or something like SDHC Memory >> Cards? >> >> If your systems are running SDHC you can easily create clones with a >> laptop& the DD utility. > > A couple of them do, but it doesn't matter in this case. The main issue with > compiling is that it can effectively knock the system offline for hours which > isn't acceptable. Any process that involves shutting the machine off or > booting into a separate OS image has the same problem. > > It's just a question of minimizing downtime. >
Is it possible to upgrade via separate OS? Chroot into a new system, run sysmerge & voila?
