From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 24 16:02:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7E816A401 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437E743D46 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:02:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3OG2H9j042006 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:02:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from 208.11.134.3 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:02:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <53858.208.11.134.3.1145894538.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:02:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: learning to buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jhorne@dfwlp.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:02:23 -0000 i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the entire process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. the handbook states that i should: make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel and then reboot to single usermode. the installworld comes while in single user mode, and my production server would see quite a bit of downtime over this. handbook says to, in sigle user mode: mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster reboot ive seen several articles on the net, and of course, no one agrees on the exact steps to take to update your system. my question is, is it safe to 'mergemaster' and 'make installworld' while still up and running? or do i just need to bite the downtime-bullet, and put it in single user? my server is co-located, so its not exactly convenient to put it in single user mode, so if there is any reason to believe the whole processes can be completed safely without single-user mode, then i will probably try it. thanks, jonathan