Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:09:51 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using MergeMaster/ Release-to-Stable Process? Message-ID: <20020213210951.GA857@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3C6ACED4.8010708@owt.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020213124225.01bd2ec0@pop.earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020213133816.01b53a00@pop.earthlink.net> <20020213184553.GA1009@raggedclown.net> <3C6ACED4.8010708@owt.com>
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:38:44PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > >On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 01:38:51PM -0500, B.K. DeLong wrote: > > > >>At 11:59 AM 02/13/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >> > >>>Oh, on the reboot... you should be dropping to single user before > >>>installworld.... > >>> > >>So should I reboot before installworld ? or make sure no one's on except > >>my one login? > >> > >> > >A drop to single user mode is enough. > >This knocks out all the processes running that could possibly > >interfere with the installworld. > > > It may be enough; however, one of the reasons for rebooting is to test > the new kernel before you change your userland. Dropping into single > user mode doesn't do this. Once you have installed the world, recovery > can be a clean install. I take the point... :) -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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