Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 12:02:41 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu>, dcs@newsguy.com, nickhead@folino.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KERNCONF instead of KERNEL? Message-ID: <20010302120241.A10111@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <15007.64436.475064.323404@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:59:48PM -0600 References: <3A9FEBF1.8C1A5AC4@eng.ufl.edu> <20010302105521.A29174@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <15007.64436.475064.323404@guru.mired.org>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:59:48PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > How well does setting the serial console help in this case? I've not > used it, as my remote admin experience is with hardware that lets you > talk to the mobo rom via a serial line. If the appropriate serial > flags will let you work in single user mode over a serial line, then > you can do the installworld in single user mode. If they let you boot > an alternate kernel over a serial line, then you're set, aren't you? If you have a serial console then you should follow procedure described in /usr/src/UPDATING since you can boot your system into single user mode. There is really no difference between doing a remote upgrade via serial console and doing a local upgrade. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6n/xgXY6L6fI4GtQRAqo7AKCxXFWGPEA5fzmD+W/hp8keP+0+XACg5dJ4 kCoZ7XyYTBEc3EF1N6u7s+c= =+Axn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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