5.3-STABLE ????

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Vonleigh Simmons wrote:

>
>     Sorry to hijack the thread. My box is running 5.2, and I'd like to 
> upgrade it to 5.2.1.
> Problem is that the server is in a colo so I only have SSH access to 
> it; because of this
> I can't drop into single user mode.
>
>     So far I grabbed the stable sup file, changed it to RELENG_5_2. 
> After that I ran
> # make -j4 buildworld
> # make -j4 buildkernel
>
>     But I'm not sure how to continue since I don't have single user 
> mode. Anyone
> have any pointers, as the handbook doesn't say what to do in this case.
>
> Vonleigh Simmons
> <http://illusionart.com/>


You needn't be in single user to do the next steps, but it's just a Good 
Idea(tm).

Perhaps the "next best thing" would be to shut off most of the services 
during
installkernel and installworld, and restart them afterwards.

I have done the procedure remotely many times without going to single user.
As I don't run the world's most visited sites, it's not been a problem 
at all....

Kevin Kinsey