From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 5 04:50:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D093B85A for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 04:50:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [108.92.93.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A4342B38 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2013 04:50:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (static-71-177-216-148.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.177.216.148]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r954nI9i078306 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:49:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: 9.1 - 9.2 upgrade From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <20131005050307.7bab5735.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:49:18 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <039B61B6-C918-494C-B327-52E4815660B1@lafn.org> References: <62A8B684-0328-42F5-B9E4-D5DF80563D4D@lafn.org> <1bdf3856902efd917ab9d489c8b6e751@dweimer.net> <2B420332-D26F-4926-A53A-787B110B0EFE@lafn.org> <20131005040802.32af9b73.freebsd@edvax.de> <20131005050307.7bab5735.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 04:50:44 -0000 On 4 October 2013, at 20:03, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:42:15 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: >>=20 >> On 4 October 2013, at 19:08, Polytropon wrote: >>=20 >>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:58:52 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: >>>> The exact sequence was: >>>>=20 >>>> Step 1: freebsd-update from 9.1 to 9.2 >>>=20 >>> Have you verified in /etc/freebsd-update.conf that "src" >>> is definitely part of what should be updated? >>=20 >> System is not bootable - can't verify anything=85 >=20 > 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? Yes - but there is no one there who can successfully be told how to run = it. We have serious communications issues - they want to use back = slashes and have no idea what a slash is. Even if you tell them which = key to use, they know better and use a back slash cause thats what = Windoze uses. The disk should be in the mail to me now. I will be able = to work with it when it arrives. >=20 > The file /etc/freebsd-update.conf should contain the line >=20 > Components src world kernel >=20 > if you want to make sure the source is properly updated, > along with the world and kernel (GENERIC). As indicated before, I don't think all the source got updated. The = kernel showed 9.2 after recompilation. However UPDATING was not = updated. Thats as much as I could check before. >=20 >=20 >=20 >>>> Step 5: reboot >>>=20 >>> Attention: Into single-user mode. >>=20 >> Not possible since the system is located over 100 miles away. >> Everything has to be done via remote console. >=20 > 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=85 I have a telnet box that has serial connections to the console ports. = That approach has been used without any issues since FreeBSD 2.5. I do = disable all ports during the process via an reduced rc.conf file. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >=20