From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 17:29:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23184106564A for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9ED28FC1A for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2706032fxm.13 for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:29:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Vl8Ez2abfR0prSgtvkh2e9ng7rwO+NnKYtvcqSFBFqE=; b=r8fDuhU+KWj2yj+fFeWxQUvIvVZ6FWu7BINNYEwYpcWnclD+h9Gi9fjk6NwziYQUlv 1fTa07NeLYO4jUYZX6mWzKj48kDMqVAWhEuZHTstxLsr/2EXabK+JN43wKHHzk3HbXtG xGv6UDP3rRdt5eogPBC/Irz7ljcb3UDee64rY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=lXR7EhOJLhtfkNEz40xFrW6ggnmKXUp6r9Y4Pe1M6sMQoETlBtviLluSZnmvSyZu45 CgDtRCQkVLUNXlOIdcWwHreJc4moPCgsf+4x4rfRZaKkcLOjUJjuZj28zgaDcs0FyGYZ N0UHS7dLEUYVYdacvqwW/QJMrGrgRxfeNm+FQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.83.130 with SMTP id f2mr3738727fal.80.1300037361079; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:29:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.59.7 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:29:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86lj0j9cwd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <21D3DE2D-2C1E-4C7B-860E-C637C746150A@forsythia.net> <86lj0j9cwd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:29:21 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: "Randal L. Schwartz" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Andrew Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSd when using a zfs-only installation? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:29:56 -0000 On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Moran writes: > > Andrew> I switched my system over to using a ZFS on root setup in 8.1. > Andrew> I want to upgrade it to 8.2. > > Andrew> Is there any changes to the > Andrew> buildworld/buildkernel/installworld/installkernel/mergemaster > Andrew> routine? > > And for those of us using the binary upgrade, do I need to follow > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=94557&postcount=19 > > still? Or do nothing? Or do something else? > Well those are his modified upgrade instructions, they seem relatively sound but the extra steps aren't required. The gpart stuff is to update the boot loader which is only necessary if you upgrade the file system or pool eg zfs/zpool upgrade. You should probably run this just to prevent potential severe pain later. And as it's said, the nextboot is there because he's running a custom kernel and wants to boot into GENERIC next time then later rebuilds his custom kernel. The short story is if you are running GENERIC anyway, a standard binary upgrade would work fine, but if you have taken a divergent path you'll have to account for those differences in your upgrade process. -- Adam Vande More