Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 08:36:40 +1200 (NZST) From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Hugh Blandford <hugh@island.net.au>, "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running Stable on remote production server Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105140831240.7543-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> In-Reply-To: <200105132035.f4DKXtB01042@mass.dis.org>
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On Sun, 13 May 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > It's entirely unnecessary to go single-user when updating a machine; just > rebuild the world, optionally run mergemaster, and reboot. > > Exceptions to this rule do occur, but they're *extremely* rare. Having rebuilt a number of machines remotely in the last couple of weeks, I have to concur... The most important thing is to pay attention to mergemaster, PLUS doing a final check of vital rc and other conf files in /etc BEFORE rebooting. On one site I had the local "admin" unplug the network cable after the box was shifted into the server room -- I was trying to figure out what I had done wrong until it occured to me to ask if the system was connected to the LAN. His answer was priceless... "why do you have to have a network connection? Can't you get at the box remotely?" ;-D -- Regards, Juha PGP fingerprint: B7E1 CC52 5FCA 9756 B502 10C8 4CD8 B066 12F3 9544 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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