From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 5 03:03:16 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7628388A for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 03:03:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36B6A2551 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 03:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-74-65.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.74.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A67827790; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 05:03:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r95337CM001993; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 05:03:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 05:03:07 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Doug Hardie Subject: Re: 9.1 - 9.2 upgrade Message-Id: <20131005050307.7bab5735.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <62A8B684-0328-42F5-B9E4-D5DF80563D4D@lafn.org> <1bdf3856902efd917ab9d489c8b6e751@dweimer.net> <2B420332-D26F-4926-A53A-787B110B0EFE@lafn.org> <20131005040802.32af9b73.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 03:03:16 -0000 On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:42:15 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 4 October 2013, at 19:08, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:58:52 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: > >> The exact sequence was: > >> > >> Step 1: freebsd-update from 9.1 to 9.2 > > > > Have you verified in /etc/freebsd-update.conf that "src" > > is definitely part of what should be updated? > > System is not bootable - can't verify anything… Does the system (or better, its "enclosure", software-wise) allow booting a rescue system or an emergency media, such as a FreeBSD v9 live system? The file /etc/freebsd-update.conf should contain the line Components src world kernel if you want to make sure the source is properly updated, along with the world and kernel (GENERIC). > >> Step 5: reboot > > > > Attention: Into single-user mode. > > Not possible since the system is located over 100 miles away. > Everything has to be done via remote console. Does this mean "SSH only" or do you have a _real_ console transmission by which you can access the system _prior_ to the OS providing the SSH access? I'm mentioning this because the traditional approach requires (few) steps done in the single-user mode where no SSH connectivity is provided in the "normal" way... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...