From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 8 07:42:21 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47152D6348A for ; Mon, 8 May 2017 07:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x234.google.com (mail-wr0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C02691F04 for ; Mon, 8 May 2017 07:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x234.google.com with SMTP id z52so36356614wrc.2 for ; Mon, 08 May 2017 00:42:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=L77/lIPs6r36qWHzRomxWYeXGg9lnAHD1RI/BmxQRzA=; b=TwihjfuJuDXlVPVT3vhyLPXZf+dvupU8+va5m9xtSSUUVrnbk/x8E2en9dEXMQVz+Z iBlsMlU2JghgRXjRkRGqCb60cj4BP2b5aEBD2TJtIrJd+jNVrdMelVknkd/up6Nw7jqN 5lJHdkeT3L3ivSg3TBAxYw2TdlC4393vkHXwkDC7lrR5U6D2PNQOHUxiYYFXzH6mKvpe SLfEgZxjXODiPA2Iimn/0C9FHXzIdrp1A0/XCf8iL7DvsZgsSavr89YfqqDGWQrcmI4J 7TYrzCNAXuSu0E8PWE1wHhac1qdOMiDr/FocqKEF1XiojvHvQCkpek00W048dMAYATWZ 9VLQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=L77/lIPs6r36qWHzRomxWYeXGg9lnAHD1RI/BmxQRzA=; b=jFapzbeBEH5j1O5hZzaby0kYTQKLMFJficJS5qwieb/qHrxAqaQiutgjk6xf+iiteL j6vmQN+N9pJarau3RZBADH6uoFZEGaOHHlC+V10zJRyoXNl6zZvqyt4WHo6psHmphvv4 lQtBfNSBBfCmx9nJLAJ4mg64dJs5DssGkYfLS+kTnPxcOfmTaViFGl9ZWA+b+kDNLACh DMJb+EA91fF9y5JKffRJmV9eaSPBTh5QhtlgsCdc46G7RyjZOMpO2uhY1/ufwfanCBBB mMOrxXWqf/vr6HH2ZeljBgW8OaxLzuIGOoD9t9P4h44f2Tub6n7i8eLrAZ1NUHcClWeu QOtg== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/5gLAYCvuLjPCfCVfNADA2aG4yiBk1i9wBc9sV8fV6NOMCy4wuz LnoOtYjBk026JbAMWFazO0UwedPJJ4EH X-Received: by 10.223.154.100 with SMTP id z91mr38047545wrb.76.1494229339136; Mon, 08 May 2017 00:42:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.172.115 with HTTP; Mon, 8 May 2017 00:41:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55.A0.29375.E7010195@dnvrco-omsmta02> References: <55.A0.29375.E7010195@dnvrco-omsmta02> From: "Jack L." Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 00:41:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to identify FreeBSD version on a different partition? To: Thomas Mueller Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 07:42:21 -0000 I can get my current booted system with % strings /boot/kernel/kernel|tail __page_fault.read __page_fault.write amd64 @(#)FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE #0 r317545: Thu Apr 27 23:54:19 PDT 2017 FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE #0 r317545: Thu Apr 27 23:54:19 PDT 2017 jack@upstairs.jack.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/UPSTAIRS FreeBSD clang version 4.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_400/final 297347) (based on LLVM 4.0.0) FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE UPSTAIRS On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Is there any way to identify the version of a FreeBSD installation when booted to a different FreeBSD or NetBSD installation? > > With NetBSD, I can look under //stand , always see i386 or amd64, but I don't see anything so good or dependable with FreeBSD. > > /etc/motd doesn't always show this information. > > uname only shows the actively running version. > > In my case, I use UFS and GPT, so FreeBSD and NetBSD can read each other's partitions with no disklabel incompatibilities. > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"