Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:20:00 -0400 From: Scott Ballantyne <boyvalue@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSd when using a zfs-only installation? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=X0Rh6ymT%2B%2B7zPSpNOaHQ%2BhDJHnX-TVhTzGUeK@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86hbb6aply.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <21D3DE2D-2C1E-4C7B-860E-C637C746150A@forsythia.net> <86lj0j9cwd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <AANLkTin2gSwVE2DeFLq73SE1ef4AYiG37o3hLcnHo54S@mail.gmail.com> <86hbb6aply.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>wrote: > >>>>> "Adam" == Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> writes: > > Adam> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Randal L. Schwartz > Adam> <merlyn@stonehenge.com>wrote: > > >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=94557&postcount=19 > > Adam> Well those are his modified upgrade instructions, they seem > Adam> relatively sound but the extra steps aren't required. The gpart > Adam> stuff is to update the boot loader which is only necessary if you > Adam> upgrade the file system or pool eg zfs/zpool upgrade. You should > Adam> probably run this just to prevent potential severe pain later. > > No, this was *absolutely* necessary for the 8.1 upgrade, because the > binary-installed boot loader was still ZFS ignorant. > > I'm just asking if it's *still* necessary for 8.2. Does the 8.2 boot > loader now know about ZFS if I install it from freebsd-update? > > Keep in mind, I'm booting straight from ZFS. There are no UFS > partitions on my disk. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 > 0095 > <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You need the new bootloader if you upgrade the zpool and zfs filesystems. You'll get a message to that effect if you do that.
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