Date: 25 Oct 2002 11:14:16 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to add space Message-ID: <448z0mr1o7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20021024225500.GC1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024161852.00aa3800@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024161852.00aa3800@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024181808.00aae038@pop51.bellnet.ca> <20021024225500.GC1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > That's the difference between 'shutdown now' or doing what I was > thinking of, which is to reboot, hit the any key during the ten second > count down and issue 'boot -s' at the boot manager prompt. Years of > updating machines to the latest -STABLE has engrained that into my > head as *the* way to get to single-user mode, but you're right: > 'shutdown now' works too. For updating to a new kernel, you definitely want to keep doing the whole shutdown-and-reboot, because you want to be booting under your *newly*built* kernel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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