Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:44:28 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dropping to single user Message-ID: <20020219184428.GA1191@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <200202191823.g1JINCa35372@zaphod.wox.org> References: <20020219180156.ADF165D09@ptavv.es.net> <200202191823.g1JINCa35372@zaphod.wox.org>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 01:23:11PM -0500, Richard Glidden wrote: > On 19 Feb, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Yes, a 'shutdown now' will "drop you to single-user mode, but you > > REALLY want to reboot after you installkernel and before you > > installworld. > > Actually, isn't this dangerous, since you would be booting a new kernel > with an old world, which could cause problems if there are significant > changes to the kernel that breaks the old world? What I usually do is: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=xxxx > shutdown +15 "Upgrading the World. Be right back." > <backup /etc, the old kernel, anything else that's critical> > make installkernel KERNCONF=xxxx > mergemaster > make installworld > shutdown -r now > Yes, surely the mergemaster *has* to be done before the installworld since the new world may expect certain new things to exist in /etc. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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