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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:25:06 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Maxime Henrion <mux@qualys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Subject:   Re: My Vinum heart attack
Message-ID:  <20010402082506.I77617@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010402002643.A384@nebula.cybercable.fr>; from mux@qualys.com on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:26:43AM %2B0200
References:  <87vgooi7kz.fsf@pooh.honeypot> <20010402002643.A384@nebula.cybercable.fr>

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On Monday,  2 April 2001 at  0:26:43 +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> Kirk Strauser wrote:
>> Read on to find out how the world almost lost a loyal FreeBSD user to
>> heart-attack and/or stroke:
>>
>> I use cvsup to track 4.x-STABLE, and use the following procedure (from
>> /usr/src/UPDATING) to make world from time to time.
>>
>> ################
>>
>>         To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current
>>         4.x-STABLE
>>         ----------
>>         make buildworld
>>         make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>>         make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>>         reboot  (in single user) [1]
>>         make installworld
>>         mergemaster
>>         reboot
>>
>> ################
>>
> [...]
>
> You should have used 'shutdown now' to switch into single user
> mode.

He wanted to reboot, not switch into single user mode.  'reboot' is
fine, though 'shutdown -r now' is recommended.

Greg
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