Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:48:46 +0100 From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> To: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Running Stable on remote production server Message-ID: <12552.989830126@thrush.ravenbrook.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> of "Mon, 14 May 2001 08:36:40 %2B1200." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105140831240.7543-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>
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If you have more than one machine at the same remote site, then I recommend setting up each as the serial console for the other. That way you can go single-user, drive fsck, etc etc. Nick B At 2001-05-13 20:36:40+0000, Juha Saarinen writes: > On Sun, 13 May 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > > > It's entirely unnecessary to go single-user when updating a machine; just > > rebuild the world, optionally run mergemaster, and reboot. > > > > Exceptions to this rule do occur, but they're *extremely* rare. > > Having rebuilt a number of machines remotely in the last couple of weeks, > I have to concur... > > The most important thing is to pay attention to mergemaster, PLUS doing a > final check of vital rc and other conf files in /etc BEFORE rebooting. > > On one site I had the local "admin" unplug the network cable after the box > was shifted into the server room -- I was trying to figure out what I had > done wrong until it occured to me to ask if the system was connected to > the LAN. His answer was priceless... "why do you have to have a network > connection? Can't you get at the box remotely?" ;-D > > -- > Regards, > > > Juha > > PGP fingerprint: > B7E1 CC52 5FCA 9756 B502 10C8 4CD8 B066 12F3 9544 > > > 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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