Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 20:03:37 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: make installworld (remotely) Message-ID: <20050504030337.GA15635@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <810a540e0505031950920bc63@mail.gmail.com> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAraBMZwunwUCj0cCUC/kKUsKAAAAQAAAAqIHWCLnTv0OrBh8ZodNjrAEAAAAA@bitifarm.ee> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEAFHEAA.bob@a1poweruser.com> <810a540e0505031950920bc63@mail.gmail.com>
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--+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 08:50:47PM -0600, Pat Maddox wrote: > Huh? How about the many many production machines located at remote > datacenters? How do people upgrade those? Personally speaking, by making sure I have a suitable backup plan for when something unexpected happens (usually serial console). > I've personally done hundreds of remote upgrades without ever > rendering a machine unrecoverable. Me too, but also some where something went wrong (power failure at critical moment, change to kernel configuration I forgot to adapt for, mis-merged /etc leading to sshd not starting, etc). Kris --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCeDuJWry0BWjoQKURAkn8AJ9IsWaXOWQxFIDHgikmR/sffQYpIACg+x3i RgKWX7X4+XSTGiBxXBPlZ58= =YIb/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--
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