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Date:      Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:18:24 +0200
From:      "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org>
To:        Bob <bob@tania.servebbs.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?
Message-ID:  <450CCC90.6000605@verysmall.org>
In-Reply-To: <200609161639.47705.bob@tania.servebbs.org>
References:  <200609161541.38002.bob@tania.servebbs.org>	<450C55FA.5070701@verysmall.org> <200609161639.47705.bob@tania.servebbs.org>

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Bob wrote:
> On Saturday 16 September 2006 15:52, pobox@verysmall.org wrote:
> 
>> But I have one question - do you rebuild the world on a remote machine
> 
> Sorry; I am a newbie at FreeBSD, and have never done a buildworld :-( I have 
> spent lots of time on Linux, Solaris, and SCO, but this is my first cut at 
> BSD.
> 
> Just from past NIX experience though, I would never rebuild an entire OS 
> remotely without having someone onsite to push the On/Off switch when the 
> inevitable happens :-(

We have someone to push the switch. I just thought if it is possible to 
be done without engaging the support.

Iv.



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