Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 03:54:49 +0100 (CET) From: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Rich Winkel <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: accessing quiescent fbsd machine via network for maintenance Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981203034619.562A-100000@ns.double-barrel.be> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9812021831400.5500-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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What I do here is mount the servers / /usr /var and so on directories to /mnt on the build machine and then do a make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt and all gets installed in multiuser mode then I build a kernel for the servers and do a make install for the kernel with the DESTDIR option set. then I unmount the servers filesystems from the buildmachine and do a login to the servers to issue the reboot command. I find this reduces the machines downtime to about 2-3 minutes. Most users don't notice this or can put up with it. Michael --- Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Tom wrote: > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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