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Date:      12 Sep 2002 08:43:27 +1000
From:      Duncan Anker <d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com>
To:        Burhan Nazir <burhan@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make installworld in multiuser mode?
Message-ID:  <1031784207.7294.1.camel@duncan>
In-Reply-To: <20020911132822.GN8439@host-123.syseng.cableinet.net>
References:  <20020911132822.GN8439@host-123.syseng.cableinet.net>

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On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 23:28, Burhan Nazir wrote:
> Is it safe for me to run "make installworld" remotely via SSH?  I am running
> freebsd4.6 and wish to upgrade to 4.6_2 and would rather not drag myself down
> the lab and plug in a monitor to run in single user mode.
> 

Yes it is. I've done it several times. Just be sure to

kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`

after the upgrade or you won't be able to reconnect after logging out.
Or you can just reboot if you prefer.


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