Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:59:10 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2 -> 5.3 without single mode? Message-ID: <41AA745E.3070400@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <20041128.174946.105188774.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <02a201c4d2b7$451a82f0$cbc1a10a@Curs3> <E1CXK4m-0006Je-00._pppp-mail-ru@f21.mail.ru> <20041128.174946.105188774.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <E1CXK4m-0006Je-00._pppp-mail-ru@f21.mail.ru> > dima <_pppp@mail.ru> writes: > : > Is it possible to cvsup from 5.2 to 5.3 without booting in single mode? > : > I have a remote machine and want update it, but it is no console access, > : > only SSH. > : You don't actually need to reboot in single-user mode. Just make sure your users wouldn't use the server hard during the > : # mergemaster -p > : # make installworld > : # mergemaster > : cycle. You can basically disable all the services but sshd for that task & enable them again after the second reboot. > > While you don't NEED to go into single user (I do the above all the > time), you are setting yourself up to get screwed the first time that > a new, common system call is introudced... > So if there is a new common system call introduced, will it arrive with a nice entry in UPDATING plus a HEADS UP? Stephen
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