From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 18:09:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE5C16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:09:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vfemail.net (miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net [216.170.248.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCA4043D49 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:09:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lute@vfemail.net) Received: (qmail 94316 invoked by uid 85); 11 Mar 2005 18:09:45 -0000 Received: from lute@vfemail.net by mail.vfemail.net by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.75.1. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:. Processed in 2.256726 secs); 11 Mar 2005 18:09:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) (lute@vfemail.net@63.229.187.130) by miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net with SMTP; 11 Mar 2005 18:09:43 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:09:43 -0600 From: Lute Mullenix To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Did the upgrade work? Why did I screw up SSH? HELP X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:09:47 -0000 On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:11:49 -0800 (PST) James Leone 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 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