Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:20:33 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there? Message-ID: <4D6E6E51.8030708@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin7sHXsLwBBUmHinDaB3FLOH25_CDy4v82gKFjw@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTin39JjTsts2WwgDUV2QfZL745D0P3DqTkko8TFq@mail.gmail.com> <4D6E6B16.7010508@my.gd> <AANLkTin7sHXsLwBBUmHinDaB3FLOH25_CDy4v82gKFjw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/2/11 5:15 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: > Thanks Damien. > > :-) > > Two questions - > > 1.) If rebooting into single user mode isn't obviously a > requirement...I wonder why so many tutorials, books, etc. tell you to > do this? > Rebooting single user ensures that most daemons aren't launched, as well as stuff related to networking and so on. It's safer but not mandatory per se. I've done 7.4-PRE to 8.0-REL upgrades just fine without the single user step, AND the machine came back alive ;) > 2.) How do I rebuild the ports? > Either you rebuild them by hand, one after another... Or you install a port that will do this for you, like /usr/ports/ports-mgt/portmanager/ portmanager -u -l et voila
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