On Sun, 13 May 2001, Mike Smith wrote:
> It's entirely unnecessary to go single-user when updating a machine; just
> rebuild the world, optionally run mergemaster, and reboot.
>
> Exceptions to this rule do occur, but they're *extremely* rare.
Having rebuilt a number of machines remotely in the last couple of weeks,
I have to concur...
The most important thing is to pay attention to mergemaster, PLUS doing a
final check of vital rc and other conf files in /etc BEFORE rebooting.
On one site I had the local "admin" unplug the network cable after the box
was shifted into the server room -- I was trying to figure out what I had
done wrong until it occured to me to ask if the system was connected to
the LAN. His answer was priceless... "why do you have to have a network
connection? Can't you get at the box remotely?" ;-D
--
Regards,
Juha
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