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Date:      25 Oct 2002 11:14:16 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to add space
Message-ID:  <448z0mr1o7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021024225500.GC1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
References:  <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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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.  

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