Upgrade FreeBSD 7.1 to 7.2

[Miroslav Lachman]

Mikael Bak wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I would like to do a binary upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2. I've seen the
> instructions here:
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html
> 
> I've heard that it's safest to start the machine in single user mode
> when doing upgrades, but I see no notice about it in the announcement.
> 
> So my question is: Is it ok to do this binary upgrade without start
> single user mode first?
> 
> If no, must I reboot my machine to enter single user mode?

I always did upgrade in multiuser for minimalising the downtime of servers.

Miroslav Lachman