From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 13:34:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D5516A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:34:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john.destefano@gmail.com) Received: from qproxy.gmail.com (qproxy.gmail.com [72.14.204.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01C9543D46 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:34:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john.destefano@gmail.com) Received: by qproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a39so493550qbd for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=imAkEMmA0VFDWrKxKPIDaxromq9DOdTT9dPR68jl/puktcTaxVFerSiJocYBcbTFRj4zn7k153x/dLOkH59pPAxKNpE+OT0t1vAzMZtxiYBLDNZ2Yh1R2YKn/QfP8Q+q/kTvI6It2GZLdJeuxCBrfL7IBtHjZYN1Qhp5DhN8Jvc= Received: by 10.65.156.17 with SMTP id i17mr1394137qbo; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.154.4 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:34:54 -0400 From: John DeStefano To: Beecher Rintoul , Dimitar Vasilev In-Reply-To: <200510241712.11320.akbeech@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200510241712.11320.akbeech@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating in single-user mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:34:55 -0000 On 10/24/05, Beecher Rintoul wrote: > 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 wha= t > 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 > -- Thank you. Because I'm impatient and obtuse, and because I was already in the midst of the procedure when I received your replies, I decided to proceed with the build world process from my LAN connection. Believe it or not, it went (or seemed to go) without a hitch, including the updated kernel installation. In your opinion, where/how would I check the new system to verify that there were no breaks during the build and install processes, and that the system is indeed fully updated? Thanks, ~John %uname -a FreeBSD zurg.thedestefanos.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Mon Oct 24 22:27:33 EDT 2005 =20 root@zurg.thedestefanos.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386