Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 23:20:00 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Lauri Anteploon / ctrl-L <lauri@bitifarm.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make installworld (remotely) Message-ID: <4277F910.70601@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050503214051.GA28088@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAraBMZwunwUCj0cCUC/kKUsKAAAAQAAAAqIHWCLnTv0OrBh8ZodNjrAEAAAAA@bitifarm.ee> <20050503214051.GA28088@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 12:29:40AM +0300, Lauri Anteploon / ctrl-L wrote: > > >>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. > > Or a machine which can boot off a network disk. The you can boot off the network, mount your local disks and fix the problems. If you can boot off a network disk, you might even be able to run installworld, but you'd have to figure out how to make it install into something like /mnt/usr instead of /usr. Someone else will have to tell you if that's possible. --Alex
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