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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:56:29 -0500
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        MikeM <MyRaQ@mgm51.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote upgrading (was: /etc/make.conf question)
Message-ID:  <20020312125629.A93500@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <200203121201050707.044E239E@luna.affordablehost.com>; from MyRaQ@mgm51.com on Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 12:01:05PM -0500
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.32.0203121126520.1546-100000@nippur.irb.hr> <20020312074349.A91204@blackhelicopters.org> <20020312155618.GA9463@raggedclown.net> <20020312114158.A92910@blackhelicopters.org> <200203121201050707.044E239E@luna.affordablehost.com>

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Lots of people do this, as suggested by others in this thread.

As a -doc person, with an @freebsd.org mail address, I have to be
careful in what I say.  I don't want anyone to get the idea that these
solutions are FreeBSD's Official Supported Solutions.

Having said that: 

Yep, works just fine.  Kill all processes that might interfere, and go
for it!

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 12:01:05PM -0500, MikeM wrote:
> On 3/12/02 at 11:41 AM Michael Lucas wrote:
> 
> |[snip]
> |Remember, the correct dance for an upgrade these days includes the
> |following:
> |
> |make buildworld
> |make buildkernel
> |make installkernel
> |<reboot, single-user>
> |make installworld
> |mergemaster
> |<reboot>
> |[snip]
> =============
> 
> I manage a remote FreeBSD server, a single-user reboot is not at all practical.  So my question is: how important, and for what reason, is the urging to go into single-user mode?  On my remote server, I can assure that I am the only person logged in, I just cannot get into single-user mode.
> 
> Will the 'make installworld' and 'mergemaster' steps not work properly in my scenario?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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