From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 11:25:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 627DC16A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:25:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from exhsto1.se.dataphone.com (exhsto1.se.dataphone.com [212.37.6.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3911843D31 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:25:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from patrik.forsberg@dataphone.net) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:25:17 +0200 Message-ID: <375DD163B075E34EA3C10A6286E34A5464B8D7@exhsto1.se.dataphone.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: src update without console access Thread-Index: AcSZgeRo3Y8yYDPkRymOa+oLiVcLIwAAdrNA From: "Patrik Forsberg" To: Subject: RE: src update without console access X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:25:20 -0000 > >> When running 'installworld', 'mergemaster -p' and 'mergemaster' > >> the server needs to be in single-user mode. > > > > Not necessarily. Depending on the secure level, multi-user works > > as well. This is what I ment.. I'm usaly connected throw a ssh connection. > That sound reasonable enough, but also seems a little odd taking my > test-upgrade on a live customer-server in consideration > [kern.securelevel: -1] > I'll try again. Something must have gone wrong. Yes.. something.. did you check the output of your installworld so nothing went wrong on the way ? > > > > Although, if one cvsups from 4.10 to 5.x, I still need to find > > a way without the single-user step. >=20 > I would never advice customers to cvsup between branches. When 5.3 is > released, it will be a "new" installation that we offer. Well.. not to say to much but I've done a cvsup upgrade from 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 to 5.3-BETA2 connected throw a ssh and that went, almost, without any trouble.. but I guess you really need to know what to expect if you do this and also have ether a test server and/or a level-0 backup.. //patrik