Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:09:43 -0600 From: Lute Mullenix <lute@vfemail.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Did the upgrade work? Why did I screw up SSH? HELP Message-ID: <20050311120943.78f38b71@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050311161149.39402.qmail@web30205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050311161149.39402.qmail@web30205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:11:49 -0800 (PST) James Leone <jleonelion@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a virtual server running FreeBSD. The ISP > claims it's version 4.10, but when I do a "uname -a" I > get the following: > > FreeBSD <domain> 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: > Fri Nov 12 09:18:00 PST 2004 > root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/IPW i386 > > This leads me to beleive it's 4.8. > > Using /stand/sysinstall I performed and upgrade to > 4.10-RELEASE (selecting the Developer package). > > Code and binary was downloaded through passive ftp > from ftp2.freebsd.org and everything looked to go > well. I got a confirmation saying I simply needed to > exit the install and I would be in the upgraded > version. > > After exiting the install, uname command returns the > same results as before (4.8-RELEASE). > > I did notice that when I return to sysinstall it's in > pretty colors now, however, when I go to the "Options" > I see that the Release Name is still defaulting to 4.8 > > Did the upgrade really work? > > I am accessing this machine via SSH. Last time I > tried such an upgrade, I had a problem getting back > into the machine once I logged out. The SSH daemon > was unable to start, complaining about "PRNG not > seeded". > > Did you reboot? Lute
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