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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:13:39 +0100
From:      Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: lost network during freebsd-update install
Message-ID:  <4D78DC93.7000303@ose.nl>
In-Reply-To: <C99E43EC.F983%fsb@thefsb.org>
References:  <C99E43EC.F983%fsb@thefsb.org>

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On 03/10/2011 03=3A03 PM=2C Tom Worster wrote=3A
=3E at this stage=2C i have no remote access=2E even if i could gain access=
=2C i
=3E wouldn=27t know what state it=27s in or how to proceed=2E it=27s probab=
ly best now
=3E to pay for the hosting company to install 8=2E1 from cd=2E
Well if this is an option=2E But before paying and with a bit of bad luck=

getting the same problem in 8=2E1 it would be nice to know what=27s the cau=
se=2E
You do not have remote console access and a way to mount a virtual cdrom=3F=


It sounds more like kernel and userland are not in sync or something else=
=2E
This shouldn=27t be a problem caused by freeb-update though=2E

Maybe someone has a clue about this=3F
Is this on real hardware or hosted in a virtual machine setup=3F

I haven=27t have this happen with about 30 servers the last three years goi=
ng
from 6 to 7 and to 8=2C the latter with freebsd-update=2C rebooting with GE=
NERIC
and then building a custom kernel=2E



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