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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:22:23 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>
Cc:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: upgrade 3.4 to 4.0
Message-ID:  <20000614182223.A525@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006142013590.49082-100000@awww.jeah.net>; from chris@jeah.net on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 08:15:04PM -0500
References:  <39482C76.726EE546@math.missouri.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006142013590.49082-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 08:15:04PM -0500, Chris Byrnes wrote:
>         To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable
>         --------------------------------
>         <see notes below>                               [3]
>         cd /usr/src
>         <see notes below>                               [2]
>         make buildworld
>         cd sbin/mknod
>         make install
>         cd ../../sys/modules
>         make install
>         <follow directions to build/install a kernel>
>         <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above>        [1]
>         reboot
>         <in single user>
>         cd /usr/src
>         cd gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/install-info
>         make install
>         cd ../../../..
>         make installworld                               [5]
>         mergemaster                                     [4]
>         reboot
>         <multi-user>
> 
> 
> I hate to keep asking you questions, but like.. I cant login to the
> machine in single-user mode.. it's a co-located box.. is there a way to
> get around the things you have to do in single-user mode?

As long as the box isn't busy, it should be save in multi-user mode.  I'd
recomend disabling what ever major services it provides before rebooting
just to be on the safe side, but even that is probably unnecessicary.

-- Brooks

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