> >
> > If this isn't a production machine, try it. I have been doing
> > system
> > updates since 3.4 and not once have I booted into single user mode
> > to
> > compile my kernel or userland. I've even done it as recently as
> > two
> > weeks ago. I don't have a huge userbase, so my system is
--- Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Dimitar Vasilev wrote:
>
> >> I don't reccommend doing installworld or kernel in multiuser,
> but
> >> I have never
> >> had any problems doing it on a lightly loaded machine. With
> that
> >> said what
> >> could bi
On 10/24/05, Beecher Rintoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 24 October 2005 02:24 pm, John DeStefano wrote:
> > When updating world, section 20.4.5 of the handbook calls for dropping
> > to single user mode. The reasons given for this make sense. But this
> > is a problem for me: my BSD s
On Oct 24, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Dimitar Vasilev wrote:
I don't reccommend doing installworld or kernel in multiuser, but
I have never
had any problems doing it on a lightly loaded machine. With that
said what
could bite you is your new kernel not booting or something broken in
userland. You wi
> I don't reccommend doing installworld or kernel in multiuser, but I have never
> had any problems doing it on a lightly loaded machine. With that said what
> could bite you is your new kernel not booting or something broken in
> userland. You will then need console access (serial or local) to fix
On Monday 24 October 2005 02:24 pm, John DeStefano wrote:
> When updating world, section 20.4.5 of the handbook calls for dropping
> to single user mode. The reasons given for this make sense. But this
> is a problem for me: my BSD server does not have a local K/V/M setup
> connected directly to
>
> Is there a way to achieve single-user mode while still being able to
> connect remotely (via LAN)? (I know that's something of an oximoron,
> but I needed to ask) And if not, am I losing any serious
> features/functionality of the update process by _not_ dropping into
> single user?
Serial ca
When updating world, section 20.4.5 of the handbook calls for dropping
to single user mode. The reasons given for this make sense. But this
is a problem for me: my BSD server does not have a local K/V/M setup
connected directly to it; it sits on my network and I connect to it
via PuTTy for admini
