Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:16:56 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Supote Leelasupphakorn <pjn0211@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why must boot in single mode. Message-ID: <20041216051656.GA26811@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F37768EA78223A1D37E2A0EB9AE0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY16-F37768EA78223A1D37E2A0EB9AE0@phx.gbl>
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--6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:36:11AM +0700, Supote Leelasupphakorn wrote: > Could anyone clarify me why we have to (according to comment in=20 > /usr/src/Makefile) > reboot in single mode ? Is it necessary ? It's safest; if you try and do without it then applications running on the machine may crash during the installworld. If you're relying on such an application (e.g. sshd to log in remotely), then you'd be locked out, and the machine may be left in an incomplete and unusable state. Kris --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBwRpIWry0BWjoQKURAovvAKCqDBpNQ4x44ENhYhAh+Ys+CYS98QCfQ1eQ jKS3LrtQ+TjH7t2aMCqyAos= =9NrA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0--
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