Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 11:48:03 -0400 From: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com> To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildworld/installworld question Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980523114803.009329a0@mail.kersur.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980523083747.900A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.n et> References: <3.0.5.32.19980523095658.00924920@mail.kersur.net>
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At 08:38 AM 5/23/98 -0700, Sean-Paul Rees wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >On Sat, 23 May 1998, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > >> >> Until now, when I've been updating, I been doing like the "Making the world" >> your own tutorial on www.freebsd.org. I.e. for the build server, going to >> single-user mode, doing make buildworld, make installworld, building a new >> kernel and rebooting. For the clients, going single-user, mounting /usr/src >> and /usr/obj via NFS and doing make reinstall. Here's my question: do I >> really need to go single-user? It makes the downtime significantly greater >> (particularly for the build server). Will Bad Things happen if I do the >> make installworld on a live box? > >You can, but it will go slower. that's okay. I just want to make sure it won't pooch things. the server in question is a 30-minute drive from where I am right now, and getting out there is not feasible right now. Thanks for the answer! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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