Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:04:43 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make installworld in single-user mode all the time? Message-ID: <20060323090443.GA57398@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F421D0AA4@poweredge.attiksystem.ch> References: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F421D0AA4@poweredge.attiksystem.ch>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:25:13AM +0100, Philippe Lang wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'd like to patch a production server, with about 10 jails, running FreeB= SD > 6.0 Release, in order to get FreeBSD 6.0-p6. >=20 > Since this server is being hosted on a remote location, rebooting in > single-user mode before doing the installworld requires me to move to the > hosting center. Or set up a serial console so you don't have to in future (recommended). > Documentation mentions that a reboot in single-user mode is necessary. But > on the opposite, /usr/src/UPDATING says: >=20 > > Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that > > you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. >=20 > Since this is no "major release upgrade", does that mean I can do the > installworld in multi-user mode? You can often get away with it, except when you can't. > I have tested that on a smaller test server yesterday evening, I have even > done the installworld in running jails, and it worked just fine. Was I lu= cky > maybe? Somewhat. > Does anyone have a definitive guide to update FreeBSD correctly? You've already quoted from it. The same procedure is in the handbook. Kris --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEImSqWry0BWjoQKURArPGAKCwIfCktzQsVFKd1z/ILfu2WPXyxwCeMbKl onUmOknU/TwJKsFS8w3kKF0= =dA0f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA--
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