From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 15 08:10:43 2015 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 36EC9A434B3 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com (mail-wm0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]) (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 CAF04116E for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:10:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id n186so13349359wmn.0 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:10:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6zWSrgHfGFk1t7qauuaj0NbShXqnV7EXR9YFm5Ewx3c=; b=swUSez8BruOQ/1a1kkNVFIOMLeoYXMG23yq8W9C0ATzi2leNL8i+Oq5aM41TUNIpN/ 5Np3ob3yyrIMkvloFuTeDUTUNg/aCBHwXpD/3NNaHDhW89Vo5xZzYsOTnx1FollY1RP6 kxMpH0v23k4uu3C1/8rK/+MToUKlsAZYfANPg4ONMoE7Hv8hK27KUL6k6ANy8cxWbyQL sBpxJ00rQaDJinejn7+puXtKPQpSVevxKkGpdmb+feOtMV6OoK91znINgoRMqJ7hO78f ShUCdyK2pYT6fBFdcrxSTS9v6D8mWrSOra8xnqdJFz8xc4B+A/X+Yypv1b1uQ/pj/9oH U4Pg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.236.228 with SMTP id ux4mr43182940wjc.56.1450167041012; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:10:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.28.181.213 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:10:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151214194012.M53329@brightstar.bomgardner.net> References: <20151214194012.M53329@brightstar.bomgardner.net> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:10:40 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: freebsd-update, ZFS, and ver 8.2 From: krad To: Gene Cc: Freebsd Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:10:43 -0000 I would use boot environments if you are zfs root so you can fail back easily. I would also use a src build as that will definitely work. eg beadmn create -e old_root new_root beadmn mount new_root /mnt export DESTDIR=/mnt cd /usr/src make -j 12 buildworld && make -j 12 buildkernel && make installworld && make installkernel && mergemaster && beadmn umount new_root && beadmn activate new_root later on init 6 On 14 December 2015 at 19:47, Gene wrote: > > Hi - > I'm going to update my AMD64 system: 8.2 -> 9.0 -> 10.2 > > My concern is that the boot resides on a zfs volume. Thus my question: > > Will freebsd-update correctly handle the ZFS boot volume? If not, is there > any > info around on handling this situation? > > Thanks for all your help, > Gene > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >