Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:11:53 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com> Subject: Re: updating in single-user mode Message-ID: <200510241712.11320.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d0510241524h4a2aae22yc26352e2d3bb5722@mail.gmail.com> References: <f2160e0d0510241524h4a2aae22yc26352e2d3bb5722@mail.gmail.com>
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--nextPart1523637.rqLr346dNy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 24 October 2005 02:24 pm, John DeStefano wrote: > When updating world, section 20.4.5 of the handbook calls for dropping > to single user mode. The reasons given for this make sense. But this > is a problem for me: my BSD server does not have a local K/V/M setup > connected directly to it; it sits on my network and I connect to it > via PuTTy for administration. > > Is there a way to achieve single-user mode while still being able to > connect remotely (via LAN)? (I know that's something of an oximoron, > but I needed to ask) And if not, am I losing any serious > features/functionality of the update process by _not_ dropping into > single user? > > Thanks, > ~John I don't reccommend doing installworld or kernel in multiuser, but I have ne= ver=20 had any problems doing it on a lightly loaded machine. With that said what= =20 could bite you is your new kernel not booting or something broken in=20 userland. You will then need console access (serial or local) to fix it. I= =20 would set up your machine with serial console access and use a laptop or=20 another machine when you reboot. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart1523637.rqLr346dNy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDXYZrVq19LUoGB+MRAo03AKCMtKFLenwo5MJHRc0Z8JVqjuJofQCgwBpb DL4kqnbIA3DPXvrPCwPw9yo= =yAV2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1523637.rqLr346dNy--
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