Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:55:45 +0100 From: jcr <jcr@canuck.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding "world" without physical access Message-ID: <4329FBF1.6030003@canuck.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no> References: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no>
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Øystein Holmen wrote: > I have usually followed the canonical way to update my system, as > described in the handbook. But now I need to update a system that I > cannot reach physically for a long time. Is there any way to do this? > The system runs primarily as a webserver, and it doesn't have many > users. Could I just stop apache and follow the canonical way, except > I don't go into single user mode? > > Sincerely, > Øystein Holmen_______________________________________________ I do under normal multiuser root: # cd /usr/obj # rm -rf * # cd /usr/src # /make clean # make buildworld && make buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO && make installkernel KERNCONF=FOO && make installworld && mergemaster then reboot prolly not the correct way, but works for me, (never tried across major version changes) -- </jcr>
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