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Date:      Mon, 14 May 2001 09:48:46 +0100
From:      Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
To:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Running Stable on remote production server 
Message-ID:  <12552.989830126@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>  of "Mon, 14 May 2001 08:36:40 %2B1200." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105140831240.7543-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> 

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If you have more than one machine at the same remote site, then I
recommend setting up each as the serial console for the other.  That
way you can go single-user, drive fsck, etc etc.

Nick B

At 2001-05-13 20:36:40+0000, Juha Saarinen writes:
> On Sun, 13 May 2001, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > It's entirely unnecessary to go single-user when updating a machine; just
> > rebuild the world, optionally run mergemaster, and reboot.
> >
> > Exceptions to this rule do occur, but they're *extremely* rare.
> 
> Having rebuilt a number of machines remotely in the last couple of weeks,
> I have to concur...
> 
> The most important thing is to pay attention to mergemaster, PLUS doing a
> final check of vital rc and other conf files in /etc BEFORE rebooting.
> 
> On one site I had the local "admin" unplug the network cable after the box
> was shifted into the server room -- I was trying to figure out what I had
> done wrong until it occured to me to ask if the system was connected to
> the LAN. His answer was priceless... "why do you have to have a network
> connection? Can't you get at the box remotely?" ;-D
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Juha
> 
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