From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 14:32:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC7216A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:32:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57E9143D1F for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:32:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from [192.168.0.51] (24.176.8.69.kzo.mi.chartermi.net [24.176.8.69]) (authenticated bits=0)ESMTP id i9JEc7UP004882; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:38:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) X-Authentication-Warning: adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net: Host 24.176.8.69.kzo.mi.chartermi.net [24.176.8.69] claimed to be [192.168.0.51] Message-Id: X-Habeas-Swe-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-Swe-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:32:27 -0400 X-Habeas-Swe-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this From: Lucas Holt X-Habeas-Swe-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-Swe-2: brightly anticipated In-Reply-To: <37C24532-2175-11D9-8070-000A2791B6EC@illusionart.com> References: <20041018163856.5DF5016A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <37C24532-2175-11D9-8070-000A2791B6EC@illusionart.com> To: Vonleigh Simmons X-Habeas-Swe-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) X-Habeas-Swe-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Habeas-Swe-1: winter into spring Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Habeas-Swe-9: mark in spam to . X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80rc4/524/Sun Oct 10 11:36:08 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j11:36:08 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j 11:36:08 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzm X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-STABLE ???? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:32:39 -0000 On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:18 PM, Vonleigh Simmons wrote: > > Sorry to hijack the thread. My box is running 5.2, and I'd like to > upgrade it to 5.2.1. Problem is that the server is in a colo so I only > have SSH access to it; because of this I can't drop into single user > mode. > > So far I grabbed the stable sup file, changed it to RELENG_5_2. After > that I ran > # make -j4 buildworld > # make -j4 buildkernel > > But I'm not sure how to continue since I don't have single user mode. > Anyone have any pointers, as the handbook doesn't say what to do in > this case. > > Vonleigh Simmons > I do this all the time. The real problem is that you can't always pull it off during major changes to the code. For example, switching from 4.x to 5.x or more recently 5.1 to 5.2.x. Every machine I upgraded with 5.1 screwed up and i had to manually copy some files in single user from the /usr/obj to their locations in order to get the installworld to finish. Sometimes you can get around this by doing an installkernel installworld all at once and then rebooting but of course you can't back out of the upgrade. (its risky cause you could have a userland that does not match your old kernel if the new one doesn't boot) I suspect 5.2.1 Px to 5.3 should be smooth though. I've already upgraded my desktop to the betas and am seriously considering upgrading my mail server to RC1. FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging)