Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:06:39 -0800 From: "Ahmad Arafat Abdullah" <trunasuci@mail.com> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org>, "Daniel Gerzo" <danger@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Message-ID: <20060918020639.6CB7B1CE319@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> > To: "Daniel Gerzo" <danger@FreeBSD.org> > Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:49:34 +0200 >=20 >=20 > Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > Hello pobox, > > > > Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: > > > >> Hello, > > > >> could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a sing= le > >> user mode on a remote server. > > > >> I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to rebo= ot > >> into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. > > > > I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially > > supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while > > upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems > > because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It > > works(tm) for me this way. > > > > If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh > > deamon. >=20 > Phew... I hear this again and again. >=20 > Only I am not sure I have the level of boldness to do this on a=20 > production machine. >=20 > Isn't the following sequence of steps similar - 'shutdown -r now'=20 > (reboots in multi-user mode), and then immediately 'shutdown now'=20 > (drops to single user mode)? >=20 > Iv. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > dudes, I never tried it, and not dare to try it.. because it's a remote server and= =20 single mode maybe ( I'm not sure dude ) cut off all network connections fro= m=20 inside and outside.. anyway for remote servers, i'm prefer make installwold in normal mode.. it'= s safer TQ=20 --=20 ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com
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