Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 04:48:07 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Neill Robins <freebsd@nc.rr.com> Cc: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>, FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: shutdown not completing Message-ID: <15147.11095.884857.587727@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <104704270617.20010616015658@nc.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106160123280.88179-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> <104704270617.20010616015658@nc.rr.com>
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Neill Robins <freebsd@nc.rr.com> types: > Saturday, June 16, 2001, 1:27:46 AM, Chris BeHanna wrote: > CB> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > >> > Yes, but I want to go to single user mode to do make installworld. > >> This is not necessary. > CB> It's still in UPDATING. > I believe the reason for this is due to: > 1) A multi-user system > 2) You want as little precesses (daemons) running as possible You left out what I think is the best reason of all: If the new kernel fails to boot for some reason, it's trivial to back out an installkernel, but a major PITA to back out an installworld. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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