From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 13:08:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC13106567D for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:08:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC1E48FC0C for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:08:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so349651ugs.39 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:08:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9Hhg+Cvr51j9vzCS8PZAEftutLBi5JKzgcYUzOhllgQ=; b=VWojDoaC5JJTMpdCWdU1Z3MOxxYluKYti1cKCcxT+UE9U6EoysbeIYujX34jRWC4o7 xerzyl/IXW3BdyZ3FKTMZQvQJyoKZ5BkYEyT8mr69DDsMF9WF7swkjpMZE7thVVpvNb0 j11ccSdBRBTJkh91fGf/81HR3yvsiuGpvkr9g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZslSzvwL7cqE2/PJ0PuYSr11IAa94L+ZkvmVFShY+2NrOaKbVRf3OUQaiord5Ux927 uZFvFqKqqxKUv4SpSRWxlZ4WG7MzBxdnRYH6y6+pxHwmi1gU3mRkNKGX14Fu/yoCBawb jD8ran60oq/vRv8dZf94LRV2VDObYC1pAGjj8= Received: by 10.67.106.13 with SMTP id i13mr3743578ugm.7.1233234526869; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:08:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from joshua.freebsdgr.org (athedsl-4557718.home.otenet.gr [94.70.87.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b35sm17617742ugd.33.2009.01.29.05.08.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:08:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4981AA5C.6030509@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:08:44 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090104) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Szalbot References: <94136a2c0901280332n7301fe50tc85408a9f20c6a22@mail.gmail.com> <49804A92.904@gmail.com> <20090128133943.6ac00015@gumby.homeunix.com> <4981455F.8060907@comcast.net> <49814E03.5010908@gmail.com> <94136a2c0901282247q2a19dd7es6d9d0be45d921c68@mail.gmail.com> <49817974.3030307@snaffler.net> <94136a2c0901290219x1e9cf1c1x181be22c99006c60@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0901290219x1e9cf1c1x181be22c99006c60@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:08:48 -0000 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:40, krad@snaffler.net wrote: > >>> After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single >>> user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). >>> >>> How can this be done with a remote machine? >>> >>> >>> >> NO without serial access or some kind of ALOM card eg DELL DRAC CARD, as you >> will have no ip up >> >> > > Then correct me if I am wrong but if I do not have such a card, then I > am better off using freebsd-update since it does not require me to > boot in single user mode? > > Thanks! > > Yes, freebsd-update does not require single user mode. Just follow the updated handbook instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html#FREEBSDUPDATE-UPGRADE As an additional precaution, edit the /etc/rc.conf file and comment out all non essential services when rebooting with the GENERIC kernel in the intermediate step (assuming you were using a custom kernel). Re-enable them when you rebuild your custom kernel.