Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:47:53 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jack Raats <jack@jarasoft.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old system keeps coming back Message-ID: <44oc99o67a.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <271B6DC6BE8C48499763FC35A23630B2@jarasc430> (Jack Raats's message of "Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:04:31 %2B0100") References: <20101127184952.E90087@familysquires.net> <88273506F5D045E887A02B095C5C6E6E@jarasc430> <271B6DC6BE8C48499763FC35A23630B2@jarasc430>
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"Jack Raats" <jack@jarasoft.net> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Raats" <jack@jarasoft.net> > Subject: Old system keeps coming back > > >> At this moment I hiring a FreeBSD server running FreeBSD 7.2. >> After running cvsup, updating sources and ports, compiling the complete >> system, installing kernel and the "new world", rebooting the system >> gives the old sytem and not the freshly >> compiled FreeBSD 7.4-PRERELASE. > > It seems that dmesg gives all system info. At he end it gives the > FreeBSD 7.4-PRELEASE message. > > What the do so that dmesg gives the latest info? It's a memory buffer in the kernel. Powering the machine down will clear it. > /etc/motd also is not updated. How to solve this? That should be done automatically on boot, unless you've done something specifically to disable it. Make sure /etc/rc.d/motd is present, standard, and nothing in rc.conf (et.al.) is affecting it.
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