From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 16 14:59:10 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 D15DEA49200 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22a.google.com (mail-wm0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a]) (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 6BE451FDF for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id p187so4830513wmp.0 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:59:10 -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=NP/7Kz5xLtHp58+4uk16EOS3GCVIHddRQpR5/Stg5jk=; b=YLe7USo8ORWHpFPqm1TzJebtBNodCuqLD/TliNXr0yHbn+DYZkZsiIfJXhQLBWk3yl h8l8zGYC9cZ6h4nswDk4YiEVTF4/c+58tO2r4XjYSXscY4T9snpalFBu5p4rPO84F0Dn RXUCguUg2nxbMI+P6cIee179TLbpQrBN1pIx5AMXQENPs/xIrWIXzNQc7HF2+0DQSbwq J8k6Is+sxfRUx2lB5z1wojVVoCbKhIpkXxWYaB+0fDRd0eTFDcyeBEfndYFE9oSmb9bp j4s/4TyZyJrsfx7WZkoM9LVi4oDWISZo77OcF1tezLCvtjkNWv2lxv/00Y1GW0/vKemd W8Wg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.28.104.134 with SMTP id d128mr12294923wmc.30.1450277948103; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:59:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.28.181.213 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:59:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151216143015.M83316@brightstar.bomgardner.net> References: <20151214194012.M53329@brightstar.bomgardner.net> <20151216143015.M83316@brightstar.bomgardner.net> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:59:07 +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: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:59:10 -0000 init 6 is a reboot beadm is just shell so you can download it and it will run i theory. It might use a few switches and flags that aren't available though so your mileage may vary. What you can do though is snap and clone your existing rootfs and present it in a format where it will work for 9 when you can use it. eg zroot/ROOT/9 If you have cloning issues and rsync of the base os to the new mountpoint should work fine as well, but use the -H flag as there are a few hard links in the os. This can be a bit more messy though depending on your setup. On 16 December 2015 at 14:37, Gene wrote: > *On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:10:40 +0000, krad wrote* > > > 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 Thanks - I get the idea of boot environments, however, the beadm package > appears to be non-existant before 9.0 and this is an 8.2 system. I wonder > if the 9.0 .tbz might work here? Also - I'm not sure what 'init 6' is. > Thanks again. >