[Slapt-get-user] Upgrade remote system

[Jason Woodward]

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
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