From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 18:28:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669EF16A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:28:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av11-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av11-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6251B43D41 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:28:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av11-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 64CA837E49; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:28:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.181]) by av11-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E6E637E43 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:28:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AE7E37E43 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:28:53 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 17809 invoked by uid 1001); 4 Dec 2004 18:28:52 -0000 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:28:52 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: ptitoliv Message-ID: <20041204182852.GA17775@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: ptitoliv , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <41B1F89B.5050501@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B1F89B.5050501@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mergemaster on a distant system X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:28:55 -0000 On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 06:49:15PM +0100, ptitoliv wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I would like to upgrade one of my FreeBSD boxes but I have a little > problem with the mergemaster. It is said in the handbook that is > necessary to reboot on single mode in order to modify config file using > mergemaster. But the problem is that the box concerned is not physically > accessible (only with SSH). So what are the possibles solutions in order > to upgrade my FreeBSD in a clean way ? It is not necessary to reboot or go into single user mode in order to run mergemaster, and I doubt the handbook says it is necessary. It is sometimes necessary to reboot with a new kernel to let installworld work properly, but most of the time rebooting is not needed. It is usually a good idea to boot into single-user mode to make sure that there is no programs running in the background that can disrupt/be disrupted by the upgrade process, but it is rarely necessary. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se