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# freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE

... wait while the new release is downloaded ...

# freebsd-update install

... watch the new kernel get installed ...

# shutdown -r now

... wait while the box reboots ...

# freebsd-update install

... watch the new world get installed

And you're done.

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right:

  # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE
  Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
  Fetching public key from update5.freebsd.org... failed.
  Fetching public key from update3.freebsd.org... failed.
  Fetching public key from update4.freebsd.org... failed.
  No mirrors remaining, giving up.

It looks like your network is failing.

It isn't.

Which version of FreeBSD are you running? Usually people get that because freebsd-update cannot fetch metadata for the release they're running.

7.2-STABLE

That's the problem then -- you need to be running a release. The argument being that if you can get yourself to -STABLE, you're obviously comfortable with source upgrades.

That's certainly fair, although the error message gives no indication of that and appears to be a problem with the FreeBSD-update infrastructure.

You should post this on the FreeBSD forums -- there are a lot of helpful people there who can help you troubleshoot this.

http://forums.freebsd.org/

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