Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:16:16 -0800 (PST) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading a remote box from 5.3 to 6-stable.... Message-ID: <20060111181516.H40477@wolf.pjkh.com>
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Hi all - I recently got a leased server that's running 5.3. It's in Texas. I'm in Washington. I want to upgrade it to 6-STABLE. In the update docs it says that "when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that you boot into single user mode to do the installworld." Which obviously is a problem. And I find it hard to believe it's really necessary as this is going to be an issue for a lot of people. Is this similar to the old recommendation of doing this "unless your system is relatively quiet"? I also read about needing to build a kernel with COMPAT_FREEBSD5 in order for the new kernel to boot and be able to installworld. Anything else? And anyone know if the boot into single user mode is really necessary? Can't really test it on my remote box.... Thanks! -philip
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