From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 1 13:36: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-87.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.215]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2FD83F40 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:36:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA88926; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:35:48 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA00451; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 19:44:07 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200002011944.TAA00451@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Jim Weeks Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" , brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Silly makeworld question In-Reply-To: Message from Jim Weeks of "Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:41:32 EST." <38961DAC.BBCCC5BC@siteplus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 19:44:07 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 An installworld on a live system has never failed me (although occasionally something will fail as /usr/lib gets changed). I'd advise you stick with -stable if you can't be there to dig the box out of any problems that might occur. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message