Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:12:44 -0400 From: pippo@bellnet.ca To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to add space Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20021025131001.00aa4a30@pop51.bellnet.ca> In-Reply-To: <448z0mr1o7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20021024225500.GC1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024161852.00aa3800@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024161852.00aa3800@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024181808.00aae038@pop51.bellnet.ca> <20021024225500.GC1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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At 11:14 AM 10/25/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > > > That's the difference between 'shutdown now' or doing what I was > > thinking of, which is to reboot, hit the any key during the ten second > > count down and issue 'boot -s' at the boot manager prompt. Years of > > updating machines to the latest -STABLE has engrained that into my > > head as *the* way to get to single-user mode, but you're right: > > 'shutdown now' works too. > >For updating to a new kernel, you definitely want to keep doing the >whole shutdown-and-reboot, because you want to be booting under your >*newly*built* kernel. You're quite right, but the problem was how to get to the single-user mode before doing the upgrade... :)) Once the kernel is built and the build installworld is done one normally would shutdown and reboot - after updating all the relevant configuration files. PJ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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