From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jun 16 3:40: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.wanadoo.nl (smtp.wanadoo.nl [194.134.193.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE3837B405 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 03:39:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steveo@eircom.net) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (p0925.vcu.wanadoo.nl [194.134.202.162]) by smtp.wanadoo.nl (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f5GAdlb27079; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:39:47 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:39:42 +0200 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" To: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd@nc.rr.com, behanna@zbzoom.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shutdown not completing Message-Id: <20010616123942.7f5e3819.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <15147.11095.884857.587727@guru.mired.org> References: <104704270617.20010616015658@nc.rr.com> <15147.11095.884857.587727@guru.mired.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.99cvs3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 04:48:07 -0500 Mike Meyer wrote: MM> You left out what I think is the best reason of all: If the new kernel MM> fails to boot for some reason, it's trivial to back out an MM> installkernel, but a major PITA to back out an installworld. This is why a reboot before installworld is a *good* idea. It has little to do with running installworld multi-user. It is *possible* to let the boot sequence complete all the way and then run installworld multiuser, *most* of the time it will work but another reboot would be wise after mergemaster to make sure that the running daemons and the config files are consistent (POLA). -- Directable Mirrors - A Better Way To Focus The Sun http://www.best.com/~sohara To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message