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Date:      Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:36:49 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Ron <lists@rzweb.com>
Cc:        Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3
Message-ID:  <20051128213648.GB29366@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <438B75E3.70106@rzweb.com>
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 01:25:55PM -0800, Ron wrote:
> Thanks.
>=20
> I updated my source tree, and am about to run the following (20.4.1 in=20
> the handbook):
>=20
> # make buildworld
> # make buildkernel
> # make installkernel
> # reboot
>=20
> But, it then says:
>=20
> After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single=20
> user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). Then run:
>=20
> # mergemaster -p
> # make installworld
> # mergemaster
> # reboot
>=20
> Is it going to be possible to do this upgrade without access to the=20
> server?

Not with 100% safety.  If the upgrade is small (e.g. 5.3-RELEASE to
5.3-RELEASE+security patches), then you can often get away without
needing single-user mode.  If you're trying to upgrade to a new
version, this becomes increasingly dangerous.

And in any event you need to have a recovery plan thought out, for the
cases when something goes wrong.

> I am going to need to do this whole process over ssh.  My=20
> server is several hundred miles away.  Do I need to update the kernel?

Yes.

Kris
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