From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 23 09:04:56 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 030D616A400 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:04:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C2FD43D73 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:04:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2FC1A4E72; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:04:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 99F9653F62; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:04:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:04:43 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Philippe Lang Message-ID: <20060323090443.GA57398@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F421D0AA4@poweredge.attiksystem.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AqsLC8rIMeq19msA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F421D0AA4@poweredge.attiksystem.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make installworld in single-user mode all the time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:04:56 -0000 --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--