Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:40:51 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Lauri Anteploon / ctrl-L <lauri@bitifarm.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make installworld (remotely) Message-ID: <20050503214051.GA28088@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAraBMZwunwUCj0cCUC/kKUsKAAAAQAAAAqIHWCLnTv0OrBh8ZodNjrAEAAAAA@bitifarm.ee> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAraBMZwunwUCj0cCUC/kKUsKAAAAQAAAAqIHWCLnTv0OrBh8ZodNjrAEAAAAA@bitifarm.ee>
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--gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 12:29:40AM +0300, Lauri Anteploon / ctrl-L wrote: > Hi. > Im running FreeBSD 5.3-Release #0 and would like to do buildworld and > buildkernel. > The problem is that the machine is a remote one. > Handbook states that to run "mergemaster" and "make installworld" I should > boot into single user mode. > That would mean that I can't access the machine remotely anymore am I > correct? > =20 > Would it be okey to run make installworld when running in multiuser mode = and > being the only person whos logged on and maby shutting down most of the > network services (leaving my sshd running though) ? It's possible to do this if everything goes 100% right, but if not then you'll be left without a usable machine. You really want a serial console (and remotely-accessible power controller) for remote machines, so you can recover them even if you make a mistake. Kris --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCd+/jWry0BWjoQKURAsLlAJwIysAcWUBH/9bXBXfZ/Grpzcq5qQCbBEne KsO3tUu8u6l/FfEf779AQ00= =Ery0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
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