Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 14:16:42 -0700 From: Christopher Allen <gmfangs@asmrb.org> To: Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>, asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.1-stable to 2.2-stable remotely? Message-ID: <v03110701b07ab4444de9@dynamic-addr-115.consensus.com> In-Reply-To: <199710272000.PAA14290@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> References: <199710262251.RAA00684@bubble.didi.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023153645.8661A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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At 12:03 PM -0700 10/27/97, Gary Schrock wrote: >At 05:51 PM 10/26/97 -0500, you wrote: >>You can do almost anything (including fsck) remotely if you use a >>serial console. Get a terminal server or use a null modem cable to >>connect it to a nearby machine. > >Hmm, now that's one of the more interesting solutions I've seen suggested. >Unfortunately I'm not sure if I could convince the place to let us on >another machine to do that with. Definitely will have to look into that. I had thought of that (as I have the remote server problem as well), but after my recent experience in upgrading I have decided not to. I didn't have any problems updating my system from 2.2.2-CD-ROM to 2.2-stable while in multi-user using the net. I should have disabled user login except to my one session (very easy to do) but as I had control over the user base I just told them not to log on for a day. Now there may be factors that are on other systems such as various oddball network services that should be off, and of course if you can do single-user it is safest, but being single-user isn't an absolute requirement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- .. Christopher Allen 1563 Solano Ave., #353 .. .. <gmfangs@asmrb.org> ;-> Berkeley, CA 94707-2116 .. .. h510/528-9899 .. .. <http://www.asmrb.org/~gmfangs/>; f510/649-3301 o510/649-3300 ..
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