[Slapt-get-user] Upgrade remote system
Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org
Mon Mar 17 09:04:17 EDT 2008
Hi David,
> All the upgrade instructions I can find include switching to single user
> mode with
>
> telinit 1
>
> as the very first step. However, if I do that, I'll loose the network
> connection, and have to travel over to sort out the machine.
>
> Is it possible to get through an upgrade without switching to single
> user? I would be the only user on the system, although other system
> processes could well still be active.
That isn't a hard rule by any means. It is meant as a catch all suggestion to prevent odd
system changes while running a full desktop system.
Likely you'll still want to restart key network services after upgrading, but you can still do
it in multi-user mode.
HTH,
jason
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Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org
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