Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 01:20:51 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: "Joseph H. Fry" <joe@thefrys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First questions: rebuilding world Message-ID: <418DBEC3.9000203@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <000001c4c48e$fe984a50$f100a8c0@lucy> References: <000001c4c48e$fe984a50$f100a8c0@lucy>
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Joseph H. Fry wrote: >>Once in single user mode, ssh is out of the question. In single user >>mode, only >>*person* can login, and that is at the actual terminal. >>Depending on the situation, for example. My firewall is at the other >>side of the >>house, without a keyboard/monitor. >>Since the box doesn't have any other logged in users, I >>normally build world in multi user mode. Doing so is taking a >>chance with the success of the build world, but like I said, >>it depends on the situation... >> >> > >Thanks! So you can do everything in multiuser mode, or do you still >have to drop to single user mode to actually install the new kernel and >new system binaries? > > I've done everything in multiuser mode on more than one occasion. >Also, does doing all of this bring me to the most recent stable release? >(I noticed that 5.3 was released yesterday, presumably just after I >downloaded 5.2.1). > You probably will have 5.3 sources if you used RELENG_5.3.
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