Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 20:12:25 -0400 From: Joe <dev@freedomcircle.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade? Message-ID: <447CDF69.4030704@freedomcircle.net> In-Reply-To: <20060530222808.GA34725@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <447B86F3.6070500@freedomcircle.net> <20060530002535.GA94917@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CB067.1080309@freedomcircle.net> <20060530213344.GA34025@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CC3C8.9020300@freedomcircle.net> <20060530222808.GA34725@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 06:14:32PM -0400, Joe wrote: >> I don't have access to the system right now, but after the sysinstall I >> looked at some of the files in /bin and saw that most had a date of May >> 6, 2006 (or thereabouts) so I assumed that meant the binary upgrade had >> been successful. How can I verify that the actual kernel was upgraded? >> Also, I haven't been able to locate much information about a binary >> upgrade in the Handbook. The only reference was in the INSTALL.htm in >> the release directory. > > ls -l /boot/kernel The .ko files have a Nov 3 2005 date, whereas the files in /boot including the kernel directory have a May 6 2006 date. I take it that Nov 3 means 6.0-RELEASE since the announcement was done on Nov 4. So, I guess I'm back to the question of how to do a binary upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1 (and particularly where is this documented). Should I attempt another sysinstall Upgrade? Joe
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