Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:50:31 -0400 From: "Jean-Paul Natola" <jnatola@familycareintl.org> To: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: reboot in single user Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CF8@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB19BB7B@w2003s01.double-l.local>
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>I'm curious to know if there is a command to reboot into single user = mode- * >more importantly* if I do reboot in single user mode can I still SSH = in? >My box is not physically near me and I'm upgrading 5.5 to 6.2 - so it = this >possible- or do I need to go get the box and attach a keyboard monitor = and >mouse to it? >Thanks >Shutdown now goes into single user mode, but it will close SSH >!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Better is to manually shutdown al daemons through /usr/local/etc/rc.d = and >/etc/rc.d to only have sshd running. >If you using natd do not stop it either, because it will disconnect = you.> >Then you can finnish the make world cycles. >That is the way I do it from a remote shell, it it only failed me once. >Else try on a spare machine install 5.5 and update it to 6.2 through a = ssh >version, then you know what to expect. >Also install the main ports you have running on your remote 5.5 box and = try >if they still work. How long will this take- as stopping the daemons (spamd/clamd etcc..) = will cause a halt in my incoming mail?
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