From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 20:47:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 A51AC16A415 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D86743D46 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 19870 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2006 20:47:36 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Sep 2006 20:47:36 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 1AC342842C; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:47:36 -0400 (EDT) To: Chris References: <36F4A97F-BD2A-4602-A87F-881F59EA72E4@cbpratt.prohosting.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:47:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <36F4A97F-BD2A-4602-A87F-881F59EA72E4@cbpratt.prohosting.com> (Chris's message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:12:58 -0700") Message-ID: <44odtbh9cn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freeBSD Subject: Re: cvsup between levels, single user issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:37 -0000 Chris writes: > I was going to attempt an in-place upgrade of a light load server > running 5.3 to bring it to 6.1 RELEASE P6 (RELENG_6_1). I read in > UPDATING that going between 5.x and 6.x requires single user mode > which isn't an option on a remote machine (though I can stop > sendmail, bind, popper etc manually but not that which keeps me on > like sshd). I've not taken a machine to single user yet during my > builds but have always had the box in my possession and on my private > net when I've done that. I saw threads even today that left the issue > somewhat up in the air. I still need to protect the machine. Would a > doable jump be to move the machine to RELENG_5_5 remotely or would > that most likely be unsuccessful without going single user? There is > no exotic hardware on the > box. _______________________________________________ Look at it this way. Yes, in most cases, an update can be done without using single-user mode, but what are you going to do if your new kernel doesn't boot? [If you've already installed the userland before that, you are well and truly stuck. So at least make sure you reboot with the new kernel before starting the installworld.]