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Date:      Sat, 21 Apr 2001 22:37:59 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
To:        Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Remote "make world" safe?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104212234060.31526-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <F253FopYC98Bi89Qtpf00005392@hotmail.com>

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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Charles Burns wrote:

:Is it generally safe to do a remote "make world" and reboot? I know that the 
:handbook recommends switching to single user mode, but that is pretty tough 
:to do when the server is across the country. :-)

Of course, it's a really long drive to go fix things when they blow up, too.
It's not a good idea to do this.  It's possible, but it's not a good idea.
Much better to get someone onsite to do it.  If there's no one on site,
why don't you have a serial console?

-- 
dscheidt@tumbolia.com
Bipedalism is only a fad.


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