From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 12:01:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DDB616A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB93743D45 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) iA7C1Whq024300 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:32 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)iA7C1WmX024299; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:32 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:01:32 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: David Jenkins Message-ID: <20041107120132.GC22451@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , David Jenkins , "Joseph H. Fry" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <418DB05C.50100@trini0.org> <000001c4c48e$fe984a50$f100a8c0@lucy> <9395922d041107034971b12fe0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9395922d041107034971b12fe0@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:01:32 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/575/Sat Nov 6 01:03:53 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,RAZOR2_CHECK autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: "Joseph H. Fry" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First questions: rebuilding world X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:01:38 -0000 --zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBjg6ciD657aJF7eIRAgWmAJ4nf94rVnZSBqkpQOlIivklwmspRQCgtaIi Pv06xucobbvrAPokYnl2c08= =UOp6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA--