Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:44 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: learning to buildworld Message-ID: <A6551250AB6864A26CC5C1F6@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <53858.208.11.134.3.1145894538.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> References: <53858.208.11.134.3.1145894538.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com>
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--==========4CAC9C69966B170C2A02========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On April 24, 2006 11:02:18 AM -0500 Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com>=20 wrote: > i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the > buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the = entire > process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. > > the handbook states that i should: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > > and then reboot to single usermode. the installworld comes while in > single user mode, and my production server would see quite a bit of > downtime over this. handbook says to, in sigle user mode: > > mergemaster -p > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > ive seen several articles on the net, and of course, no one agrees on the > exact steps to take to update your system. my question is, is it safe to > 'mergemaster' and 'make installworld' while still up and running? or do = i > just need to bite the downtime-bullet, and put it in single user? > I have done the complete process remotely, over ssh, without problems.=20 *However*, that is not the recommended procedure *and* I was doing it on a=20 new install where, if it failed, I could simply start over. I wouldn't=20 recommend it for production systems that are remotely located. The price=20 you pay for going to the server and using single-user mode is less than the = price you pay for doing it remotely *and* having it fail. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ --==========4CAC9C69966B170C2A02==========--
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