From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 11 16:15:14 2002 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 1AFAB37B400 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:15:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from casper.sri.com (casper.SRI.COM [128.18.243.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7472043E65 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:15:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hogsett@csl.sri.com) Received: (qmail 28040 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 23:18:43 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO casper.SRI.COM) (127.0.0.1) by casper.sri.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 23:18:43 -0000 Received: from quarter.csl.sri.com ([130.107.1.30]) by casper.SRI.COM (NAVGW 2.5.1.18) with SMTP id M2002091116184230984 ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:18:42 -0700 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (axp.csl.sri.com [130.107.2.30]) by quarter.csl.sri.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g8BNFAnr019054; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:15:10 -0700 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axp.csl.sri.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8BNF8P8066848; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:15:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com) Message-Id: <200209112315.g8BNF8P8066848@axp.csl.sri.com> To: Duncan Anker Cc: Burhan Nazir , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make installworld in multiuser mode? In-Reply-To: Message from Duncan Anker of "12 Sep 2002 08:43:27 +1000." <1031784207.7294.1.camel@duncan> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 8.8 (Time Passed Me By)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:15:08 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I generally do : make buildworld && make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN && \ make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN && make installworld && \ reboot Then do a mergemaster after it is back up. ( although I am only 20 meters from the machines ) - Mike > On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 23:28, Burhan Nazir wrote: > > Is it safe for me to run "make installworld" remotely via SSH? I am runnin > g > > freebsd4.6 and wish to upgrade to 4.6_2 and would rather not drag myself do > wn > > the lab and plug in a monitor to run in single user mode. > > > > Yes it is. I've done it several times. Just be sure to > > kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid` > > after the upgrade or you won't be able to reconnect after logging out. > Or you can just reboot if you prefer. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message