Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:09:03 -0300 From: "Rafael Aquino" <freebsd@bsdserver.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Message-ID: <20060918180849.M28571@bsdserver.com.br> References: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> <37857215.20060917223205@rulez.sk>
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Hi there... Just to contribute, I also ALWAYS upgrade my systems without single user mode, for "remote" reasons... ;-) Same instructions: shut down all services, except inetd/ssh, installworld, mergemaster and reboot... I even posted in this list, months ago, a step-by-step to remotely upgrade from 4.x to 6.x. I agree that this is a very risky task, but before the first production server, I tried more than 40 times (not kidding) in my test lab. []īs -- Rafael Mentz Aquino BSDServer Ltda. 51 - 9847 8825 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@freebsd.org> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:32:05 +0200 Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server > Hello pobox, > > Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: > > > Hello, > > > could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single > > user mode on a remote server. > > > I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot > > into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. > > I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially > supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while > upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems > because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It > works(tm) for me this way. > > If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh > deamon. > > -- > Best regards, > Daniel mailto:danger@FreeBSD.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ------- End of Original Message -------
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