From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 28 20:33:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06F2106566B for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail3.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:4c01::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D5B8FC08 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7SKXPU9007916 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:33:26 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 8EC7E1CC09; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:33:25 -0700 (PDT) To: Lowell Gilbert In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:08:14 EDT." <44y6p3aehd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:33:25 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090828203325.8EC7E1CC09@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-08-27_08:2009-08-26, 2009-08-27, 2009-08-28 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0907200000 definitions=main-0908280176 Cc: Mikael Bak , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade FreeBSD 7.1 to 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:29 -0000 > From: Lowell Gilbert > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:08:14 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Mikael Bak writes: > > > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> Mikael Bak writes: > >> > >>> I would like to do a binary upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2. I've seen the > >>> instructions here: > >>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html > >>> > > > > Miroslav, Robert, Lowell, > > > > Thank you all for the useful information! > > > > The binary upgrade from 7.1 -> 7.2 went without any problems. > > I didn't bother to switch to single user mode. I did however stop some > > critical services in /etc/rc.conf before starting the upgrade. > > > > The reason why I didn't go to single user mode was that my /usr and /var > > were not mounted in single user. I had only /. I wasn't sure how to deal > > with that. > > You mount them. There's an entry in the FAQ on it, but the short > version is (if I recall offhand): "mount -a" will do it. Recommended order (after reboot, not just a drop to single-user) is: fsck -p (Not likely needed, but it's safest and, if it was not needed, runs in under s second) adjkertz -i (if hardware clock runs local time) swapon -a (Just in case you need to swap, which s unlikely, but it's best to be safe) mount -a -t ufs (System may not be ready to mount non-ufs systems) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751