From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 23 17:23:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD2316A412 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:23:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E069F43D5E for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:23:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.63 #0 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1GnIIV-000Kzd-Fw by authid for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:23:39 +0300 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:23:39 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061123172339.GF20728@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <20061122200320.17300.qmail@web53015.mail.yahoo.com> <4564BEC3.1090004@vineyard.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4564BEC3.1090004@vineyard.net> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: Very strange kernel panic with 6.1-Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:23:47 -0000 * On 22/11/06 16:18 -0500, Eric W. Bates wrote: | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | Hash: SHA1 | | rtsit wrote: | > The last time I retrieved "src-all" with cvsup, I ran | > a "make buildworld" then a "make buildkernel" a "make | > installkernel" and "a mergemaster -p" and a "reboot" | > | > I did all of this remotely, and the box never came | > back. | > | > Is it possible to CVSup a box from remote? My box is | > a 2 hour drive from me. | | I've done it many times. I have not tried with 6.1. | | Generally it is doable if you are going from one minor revision to the | next. However, trying to do it across a major revision is problematic. | | Usually when you are supposed to run in single user, I let the machine | boot more or less normally (might comment out some stuff in rc.conf) and | after I ssh back in, I start killing processes. Just be careful not to | cut yourself off at the knees. | | The most elegant way, of course, is to set your console onto the serial | port and use an old PortMaster 2 as a console server. Works quite | nicely; but obviously requires more advanced planning. I have also done it several times, but NEVER across major revisions. I also support having ILO (HP) or DRAC (Dell) if you can afford. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ The qotc (quote of the con) was Liz's: "My brain is paged out to my liver"