Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:02:41 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildkernel not working Message-ID: <39BFEB71.BCC8801C@urx.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009140736430.42823-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> <200009132050.OAA90931@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009140736430.42823-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> Andy Farkas writes: > : Do you _have_ to reboot? Can you get away with a 'shutdown now', or do > : you have to load the new kernel before an installworld? (the [1] note > : implies not). I am guessing the object is to quiet down the system, and > : if this is the case, then surely a shutdown is preferable to a reboot... > > No, you don't have to reboot for a 4.x -> 4.x upgrade. I leave it in > because it will always be safe to do this and I don't like revising > the instructions too often. > > So, yes, you can get away with a shutdown now. You can often get away > with a make installworld on a live system followed by a reboot, but > while installworld is running, things are in an inconsistant state and > problems may happen. I have two workstations that I upgrade frequently and I don't have to go to singleuser mode to upgrade them. On those machines, I reboot after running mergemaster. My server has a lot more stuff running such as my firewill and etc. I go to single user mode on it just to shutdown the daemons. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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