From owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Mon Jul 16 16:01:59 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED16102E713 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.not-for.work (onlyone.not-for.work [IPv6:2a01:4f8:201:6350::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD91775A0 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.23.186] (unknown [89.113.128.32]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.not-for.work (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BDA536E7 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:01:57 +0300 (MSK) To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org From: Lev Serebryakov Subject: NanoBSD: how to add manual upgrade "approval" / auto roll-back? 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Here is one problem with this installation: if new "firware" can not boot, I need to go to console to switch active slice back (to previous, working, version of "firmware"). Is it possible to make some mechanism (in loader? I don't think mbr/boot0 can accommodate this) which switch back active slice if boot into new version was not successful (not all services started, or kernel hangs, or network is unavailable), so it will be possible to roll-back upgrade by simple power cycle, without console access? Very important point is, that it should work even if kernel failed to load: it could not be simple start-up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. Such script could be useful to check additional conditions (that network is Ok, for example)m but it could not be used alone, because it will not wrok if kernel is failed completely or goes to single-user mode. Maybe, here is this feature, but I don't know about it? -- // Lev Serebryakov