From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 18:23:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85FD316A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:23:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from sys03.mail.msu.edu (sys03.mail.msu.edu [35.9.75.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1D643F3F for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:23:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sagejona@msu.edu) Received: from 12-210-65-147.client.attbi.com ([12.210.65.147] helo=msu.edu) by sys03.mail.msu.edu with asmtp (Exim 4.10 #3) (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) id 1ARMfT-000Py9-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:23:07 -0500 Message-ID: <3FCD4906.2040608@msu.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:23:02 -0500 From: "Jonathan T. Sage" Organization: MSU Dept of Theatre User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3FCBF280.9060108@acm.org> <20031203021242.GB562@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031203021242.GB562@dds.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.81.7.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime X-Phone: +1-517-974-1428 X-WWW-Home-Page: http://theatre.msu.edu X-PGP-Key-Figerprint: 182C CF3F 93A9 1DAA 2EBE D4D5 A159 96D9 452E A7F1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig336018E2A13C5113BC1F4F68" Subject: Re: Is there a guide to Upgrading a FreeBSD server remotely X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:23:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig336018E2A13C5113BC1F4F68 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:01:36AM +0100, Denis Fortin wrote: > >>Greetings, >> >>I've Google'd a bit, but I cannot find a "survival guide to upgrading >>a FreeBSD system remotely". >> >>The Handbook's procedure is excellent (cvsup to the RELENG branch and >>then make'ing world), but it requires going into single user mode and >>using the console, two things which may not be possible in the context >>of a server sitting unattended in a hosting center 10000 kilometers away. >> >>Has anyone written a quick guide on issues that can arise in this kind >>of situation? (For instance, one the the issues is that one might end >>up with a bad kernel: have people devised a way for the boot code to >>interact with "reboot -k xxx" to revert to the default kernel after an >>unsucessful boot, or after a specific time?) >> > > Although its not recommended to do this, it can be done. It basicaly > comes down to following the manual (without rebooting into single > usermode) and be very very carefull. Read everything you need to read, > run every command you need to run and have someone sitting there in case > it goes wrong. > > Note: I've never done this on a busy system. i frequently do #make buildworld #make buildkernel #make installkernel reboot #make installworld #mergemaster #reboot on a small-ish trafficed site. and indeed it has bit me in the ass before. but it *usually* works. this is not saying it will for you, but it has for me in the past. -- "Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, oh how i wish he'd go away" Rev. Jonathan T. Sage Lighting / Set Designer Professional Web Design [HTTP://thr.msu.edu] [wisesage98@yahoo.com] [PGP: www.keyserver.net] --------------enig336018E2A13C5113BC1F4F68 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/zUkKoVmW2UUup/ERAnXMAJ9Tni6m9c7sXTOrXtU3EWId2PwqZgCgptC/ PUC6FgIAoob6S80uikAWzkM= =SNpC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig336018E2A13C5113BC1F4F68--