Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:40:43 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne@dfwlp.org> To: "bsd" <bsd@todoo.biz> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ? Message-ID: <28389.167.246.36.14.1161020443.squirrel@webmail.dfwlp.org> In-Reply-To: <3A36FE52-9F48-45D2-BEF2-D538331CA299@todoo.biz> References: <3A36FE52-9F48-45D2-BEF2-D538331CA299@todoo.biz>
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> Hello, > > > I have CVS-UP configured to follow RELENG_5_4 > > I was wondering if there is a way to patch (upgrading from 5.4- > RELEASE-p8 to a higher version) my system without going into the > classic : > > # make -j4 buildworld > # make -j4 buildkernel > # make -j4 installkernel > # shutdown now > > And booting in single user // > > # fsck -p > # mount -u / > # mount -a -t ufs > # swapon -a > > # cd /usr/src > # mergemaster -p > > > > My system is in production and I am not onsite so this is a problem > for me to have to boot in single user mode. > > Is there a way to keep the system in multi-user mode while doing this ? > > And what are the risks if any ? > > > > Sincerly yours. > > > ________________________________________________ > «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ > ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD > bsd @at@ todoo.biz > ________________________________________________ > «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ > ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > > P "Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing > this e-mail" > it can be done, but it is NOT guaranteed safe. i do it, but your might not be the same as mine. my system is a *low* traffic system, and i am the only user. the system is however running apache2, mysql, and some other daemons. again, your mileage may vary, this is what i do: 1) make buildworld, and make buildkernel. 2) make installkernel 3) cd /usr/src, mergemaster -p, make installworld, mergemaster. 4) reboot. hth, jonathan
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