Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:11:53 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com> Subject: Re: updating in single-user mode Message-ID: <200510241712.11320.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d0510241524h4a2aae22yc26352e2d3bb5722@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Monday 24 October 2005 02:24 pm, John DeStefano wrote: > When updating world, section 20.4.5 of the handbook calls for dropping > to single user mode. The reasons given for this make sense. But this > is a problem for me: my BSD server does not have a local K/V/M setup > connected directly to it; it sits on my network and I connect to it > via PuTTy for administration. > > Is there a way to achieve single-user mode while still being able to > connect remotely (via LAN)? (I know that's something of an oximoron, > but I needed to ask) And if not, am I losing any serious > features/functionality of the update process by _not_ dropping into > single user? > > Thanks, > ~John I don't reccommend doing installworld or kernel in multiuser, but I have never had any problems doing it on a lightly loaded machine. With that said what could bite you is your new kernel not booting or something broken in userland. You will then need console access (serial or local) to fix it. I would set up your machine with serial console access and use a laptop or another machine when you reboot. Beech -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDXYZrVq19LUoGB+MRAo03AKCMtKFLenwo5MJHRc0Z8JVqjuJofQCgwBpb DL4kqnbIA3DPXvrPCwPw9yo= =yAV2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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