On Wednesday 01 April 2009 05:38:47 pm Simon Griffiths wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to get an answer to this via web searches etc. I have a > freebsd 7 box that I plan on upgrading remotely via > > Make buildworld > Make buildkernel KERNCONF=xyz > > Now im stuck, I cannot get it down to single user because I only have > access via ssh. Would it hurt to > > Make installkernel KERNCONF=xyz > Make installworld > > Mergemaster etc. > > Reboot
What specific versions are you upgrading to/from? I personally do upgrades over SSH all the time (by skipping the single-user step) but there are reasons it's not recommended. If your new kernel doesn't work or play nicely for some reason you don't want to be stuck with a world newer than your (reinstalled) old kernel. If the system doesn't come back up multi-user for any of a variety of reasons then you won't have SSH access, etc. You should have good backups and a way to get console access if it's needed. That said, it usually works--especially for small incremental upgrades (7.0 to 7.1 or just different points along the same -STABLE branch, etc). So in a nutshell there are no guarantees but if you have an adequate bailout plan it can be a timesaver. JN _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
