From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 1 4:15:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from cliff.i-plus.net (cliff.i-plus.net [209.100.20.42]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEEF93DB8 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 04:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from abyss (abyss.dashit.net [209.100.22.250]) by cliff.i-plus.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA14327 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:15:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Troy Settle" To: Subject: RE: Silly makeworld question Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:12:23 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <38961DAC.BBCCC5BC@siteplus.com> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Perhaps I'm a little over-confident, but when it's time to upgrade, I typically just do it. None of the servers in my noc have monitors or keyboards. All work is done "remote". This means that I can't cut down to single usermode. Typically, I build, install, make new kernel, install, reboot, pray that everything works. In 3 years of doing this, I've not had any problems. (knock on wood) YMMV, -Troy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim Weeks > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 18:42 > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Silly makeworld question > > > Hi, > > I have never seen this on the list and was wondering how others of you > do this. > > I have co-located severs and at present I CVSUP files on a regular basis > and ever so often run make buildworld from a script remotely. > Afterwards I go to the co-location, shutdown to single user and make > installworld along with the usual procedures. Of course this is a > hassle. > > I do a lot of other things by just shutting down services other than ssh > and do the work without being stepped on by users. Has anyone tried > this with rebuilding the system? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jim Weeks > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message