From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 14 1:49: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from raven.ravenbrook.com (raven.ravenbrook.com [193.82.131.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8891637B424 for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 01:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (thrush.ravenbrook.com [193.112.141.249]) by raven.ravenbrook.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA16507 for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 09:48:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thrush.ravenbrook.com (8.11.3/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f4E8mk612554 for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 09:48:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@thrush.ravenbrook.com) From: Nick Barnes To: "stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Running Stable on remote production server In-Reply-To: Message from Juha Saarinen of "Mon, 14 May 2001 08:36:40 +1200." Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:48:46 +0100 Message-ID: <12552.989830126@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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