From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 07:44:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C5B37B404 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:44:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thalia.otenet.gr (thalia.otenet.gr [195.170.0.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3DE43F85 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:44:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b208.otenet.gr [212.205.244.216]) by thalia.otenet.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3BEicYA027534 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:44:39 +0300 (EEST) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3BEicM1002746 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:44:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3BEic7D002745 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:44:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:44:38 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030411144438.GA2578@gothmog.gr> References: <20030410205623.GB1060@keyslapper.org> <200304102102.30196.taxman@acd.net> <20030411012103.GE93988@keyslapper.org> <200304102152.26223.taxman@acd.net> <20030411135129.GB3837@keyslapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030411135129.GB3837@keyslapper.org> Subject: Re: problem with installkernel upgrading from 4.6.2 release to 5.0 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:44:43 -0000 On 2003-04-11 09:51, Louis LeBlanc wrote: >On 04/10/03 09:52 PM, taxman sat at the `puter and typed: >> > >> >> Depends on whether latest or most stable is more important. The latest >> relasease from the stable branch (4.8 Release as of now) will likely satisfy >> what you're looking for. If you'd like a little more of the latest, then >> update along the 4-stable path more often. > > Cool. I'll go with 4.8 Release. > >> Read the other link i sent and >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html >> >> Should help answer for your needs. >> >> Your upgrade procedure was nearly perfect by the way. Just reboot after the >> installkernel and you might have gotten it to work. >> Anyway, have fun > > Thanks. The thing is, I did reboot. Several times. It looks like > the upgrade didn't change the mbr or something, and it keeps looking > in the old kernel location. Yep. This is a known issue with an upgrade from 4.X to 5.X. The new boot loader will look correctly in /boot/kernel/kernel for the 5.X kernel, but the first time you're booting with the old 4.X loader, and you have to interrupt it, unload the old kernel and load the kernel from its new location at /boot/kernel/kernel instead. This should allow you to boot single user with the 5.X kernel and then move on to installworld as usual. - Giorgos