On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 08:15:04PM -0500, Chris Byrnes wrote:
> To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable
> --------------------------------
> <see notes below> [3]
> cd /usr/src
> <see notes below> [2]
> make buildworld
> cd sbin/mknod
> make install
> cd ../../sys/modules
> make install
> <follow directions to build/install a kernel>
> <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [1]
> reboot
> <in single user>
> cd /usr/src
> cd gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/install-info
> make install
> cd ../../../..
> make installworld [5]
> mergemaster [4]
> reboot
> <multi-user>
>
>
> I hate to keep asking you questions, but like.. I cant login to the
> machine in single-user mode.. it's a co-located box.. is there a way to
> get around the things you have to do in single-user mode?
As long as the box isn't busy, it should be save in multi-user mode. I'd
recomend disabling what ever major services it provides before rebooting
just to be on the safe side, but even that is probably unnecessicary.
-- Brooks
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