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Date:      Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:23:03 +0200
From:      "Zyumbilev, Peter" <peter@aboutsupport.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?
Message-ID:  <50E1ADD7.7060702@aboutsupport.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121231121350.GA5026@banach>
References:  <20121231121350.GA5026@banach>

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On 31/12/2012 14:13, Jose Garcia Juanino wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am planning to upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE to
> FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE. With upgrade source method, it is always needed to
> do the "make installworld" step in single user mode. But it seems to
> be that single user is not required with freebsd-update method, in the
> second "freebsd-update install". Someone could explain the reason? Am I
> misunderstanding something? Can I run the upgrade enterely by mean a ssh
> connection in a safe way, or will I need a serial console?
> 
> Best regards, and excuse my poor english.
> 


Hi,

Although in the books it says singe user, I always do source upgrade
via ssh - so far(8 years) no problems :-)

Peter



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