Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 00:45:21 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org> Cc: ulf@Alameda.net, Lewis Watson <lists@visionsix.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Production Machine, Custom Kernel, Updating to P9 Message-ID: <20030323004521.W11496@seven.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <20030323080106.3D7195499@bert.int.kts.org>; from hm@kts.org on Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 09:01:06AM %2B0100 References: <20030322125653.V11496@seven.alameda.net> <20030323080106.3D7195499@bert.int.kts.org>
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 09:01:06AM +0100, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > Here is in short form what I do in production machines: > > > > cvsup (RELENG_4 or RELENG_4_7 depending what it runs) > > cd /usr/src > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=<customkernelname> > > make installkernel KERNCON=<customkernelname> > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > > > I am doing it all the time, even on machines remotely, with no consoles. > > Do you bring down the machine to single user mode for "make installworld" ? > > If not, what is your experience with doing a "make installworld" on a > running system ? > > hellmuth > -- > Hellmuth Michaelis Hamburg, Europe hm\at\kts.org www.kts.org > a duck is like a bicycle because they both have two wheels except the duck (tl) I usual do not bring it down, but I usual stop services before doing it. Stopping services, installworld, mergemaster and reboot is usual only 5 minutes. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://seven.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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