Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:32 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First questions: rebuilding world Message-ID: <20041107120132.GC22451@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9395922d041107034971b12fe0@mail.gmail.com> References: <418DB05C.50100@trini0.org> <000001c4c48e$fe984a50$f100a8c0@lucy> <9395922d041107034971b12fe0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 11:49:03AM +0000, David Jenkins wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 00:59:50 -0500, Joseph H. Fry <joe@thefrys.com> wrote:
> > Thanks! So you can do everything in multiuser mode, or do you still
> > have to drop to single user mode to actually install the new kernel and
> > new system binaries?
> >=20
> > Also, does doing all of this bring me to the most recent stable release?
> > (I noticed that 5.3 was released yesterday, presumably just after I
> > downloaded 5.2.1).
>=20
> I've done it once in multiuser mode and it all went fine. I did read
> somewhere that if you do have to do it this way because getting
> physical access to the machine is difficult, then make sure you shut
> down as many services/processes as you can. i.e just make sure sshd is
> the only daemon running etc ...
>=20
> If you've used the correct TAG in your cvsup files and have cvsup'd
> over the last day or so, then you should build 5.3-RELEASE.
Another alternative, if you have more than one unixoid machine in your
basement, is to set up your FreeBSD box to use a serial console, and
string a null-modem cable from it to another machine. On the second
machine you can use a terminal emulation program -- tip(1), kermit,
even Windows Hyperterm to access the serial console on the FreeBSD
box. This lets you drop to single user and still have remote access.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole=
-setup.html
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
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