From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 24 18:01:59 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 D29F416A401 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8076243D48 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:01:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (adsl-65-67-103-114.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.67.103.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C7D114307 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:54:35 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:44 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <53858.208.11.134.3.1145894538.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> References: <53858.208.11.134.3.1145894538.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.0 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========4CAC9C69966B170C2A02==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: learning to buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:01:59 -0000 --==========4CAC9C69966B170C2A02========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On April 24, 2006 11:02:18 AM -0500 Jonathan Horne =20 wrote: > 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? > I have done the complete process remotely, over ssh, without problems.=20 *However*, that is not the recommended procedure *and* I was doing it on a=20 new install where, if it failed, I could simply start over. I wouldn't=20 recommend it for production systems that are remotely located. The price=20 you pay for going to the server and using single-user mode is less than the = price you pay for doing it remotely *and* having it fail. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ --==========4CAC9C69966B170C2A02==========--