From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 16 5:41:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cutter.wantabe.com (cutter.wantabe.com [209.16.8.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F73437B6D2 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 05:41:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeffrl@wantabe.com) Received: from cutter.wantabe.com (cutter.wantabe.com [209.16.8.8]) by cutter.wantabe.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA41527; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:40:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:40:56 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeffrey J. Libman" To: Daniel Boyd Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions In-Reply-To: <200003161332.IAA89263@oberon.vacationclub.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG interesting. i have managed to do my "make installworld" updates on 3.4 without dropping to single user in the past. i know this is often ill-advised...but i seem to get away with it. is this not possible in future releases? or is this only super critical with the 3.4->4.0 upgrade? thanks in advance. cheers, jeff -- | |\ +------------------------------+ Jeffrey J. Libman, ops. mgr. | \ | Wantabe Internet Services | Wantabe, Inc. |__\ +------------------------------+ jeffrl@wantabe.com <-----|------> | access web cgi ftp news mail | (281) 493-0718 __,.-=\'`^`'~=-../__,.-= +------------------------------+ On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Daniel Boyd wrote: > Glen Gross writes: > > For me the main issue is that I like my 3.4 RELEASE box so much. I don't > > want to risk sacrificing it in the event that the ad devices do not work > > as well as the wd devices currently in use. [some people have been > > reporting problems having their ad0 devices detected during the install.] > > You don't need to buy another whole system if you can put another hard > drive in there. > > I had an extra 2GB free as wd0s3, so I did my 4.0-CURRENT install > there on wd0s3[a-e]. This saved me when I later forgot to run > single-user for installworld of the "3.3-STABLE" to "4.0-CURRENT" > upgrade on the regular wd0s1 partition -- I was able to boot to the > new system partition, mount the old filesystems under /mnt, and do > another "make installworld" with DESTDIR=/mnt. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message