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 -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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