Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:14:39 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add SUM sysctl Message-ID: <20110418001439.3e4237dd@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <E1QBQoh-000EDX-AP@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> References: <8CDCA9824BFE47E-176C-A720@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104161634150.5936@wonkity.com> <20110416233839.GA72223@DataIX.net> <E1QBQoh-000EDX-AP@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il>
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:11:03 +0300 Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > when something gets too complicated, it's usualy helpful to look for other ways > out: > the /(root) + /usr + kernel-debuging + src is less than 1GB, so what I > do (when diskless is not an option), I have a 2 partitions, both bootable, > and so i ALWAYS update the non active one, then > 1- I always have a working / in case the update screwed something > 2- I can update without problems. A number of people have mentioned this, but none have pointed out that with a ZFS system, you don't even have to keep a spare partition around to do this. Cryx provided this script (http://anonsvn.h3q.com/projects/freebsd-patches/browser/manageBE/manageBE) which makes updating a FreeBSD system as simple any Unix system I've seen. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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