Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:48:13 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: "Michal 'max' Marciniak" <max@felix.fizyka.amu.edu.pl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <op.szzwan1w8527sy@outgoing.local> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0511092308160.1948@felix.fizyka.amu.edu.pl> References: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <b41c75520511090501nbef3235j@mail.gmail.com> <4372256F.2020800@kernel32.de> <op.szzszvxc8527sy@outgoing.local> <Pine.NEB.4.62.0511092308160.1948@felix.fizyka.amu.edu.pl>
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:18:11 +0100, Michal 'max' Marciniak <max@felix.fizyka.amu.edu.pl> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Ronald Klop wrote: > >>> > 7. reboot into single-usermode and verify your new kernel works >>> >> How do you reboot into single-usermode from remote? >> (Rebooting isn't really the problem, working in single-usermode is.) >> >> > > /etc/ttys > > # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root > password > # when going to single-user mode. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-init.html#BOOT-SINGLEUSER Yes, but I thought single-user mode doesn't have working networking, so how can you do remote single-user mode for upgrading your system? -- Ronald Klop Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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