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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>
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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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