From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 2 18:33:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12588 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:33:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop.uniserve.com (pop.uniserve.com [204.244.156.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA12583 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:33:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@uniserve.com) Received: from shell.uniserve.ca [204.244.186.218] by pop.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #4) id 0zlOZP-0005As-00; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:32:43 -0800 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:32:40 -0800 (PST) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@shell.uniserve.ca To: Rich Winkel cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: accessing quiescent fbsd machine via network for maintenance In-Reply-To: <199812030221.UAA21832@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Rich Winkel wrote: > I'm running FBSD 2.2.7-stable. > For various reasons I'd like to be able to upgrade fbsd machines without > having to be seated in front of them. Specifically, I want to reboot > into a mode where only a minimal amount of system activity is > occurring, regular users are excluded, but remote root access and nfs Why bother? Just "make installworld" in full multi-user mode. "install" is quite smart. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message