From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 07:28:06 2010 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 293AA106566C for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:28:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.smeelen@ose.nl) Received: from mail.ose.nl (mail.ose.nl [212.178.134.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96AF78FC19 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:28:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ose.nl; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:28:01 +0200 Message-ID: <4C3EB881.2040404@ose.nl> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:28:01 +0200 From: Bas Smeelen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100527 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: n dhert References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sec.Update -p4 and /boot/GENERIC 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: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:28:06 -0000 On 07/14/2010 02=3A09 PM=2C n dhert wrote=3A =3E A sec=2Eupdate =288=2E0-p4=29 was released yeterday=2E =3E I have a system which =3E - feb 2010 =3A first install =28with 8=2E0-RELEASE =28using generic ker= nel=29=29 =3E - 19 feb 2010 =3A updated to 8=2E0-RELEASE-p2 =3E - 25 feb 2010 =3A I made a Custom kernel =28enabling disk quota=29 =3E then a /boot/kernel=2Eold was created =28the original generic kernel= =29 =3E At that time I ought to have renamed /boot/kernel=2Eold =3E to /boot/GENERIC but forgot it =3E - 1 jun 2010 =3A updated to 8=2E0-RELEASE-p3 =3E =28 this was an sec=2Eupdate without changes to kernel files=29 =3E =3E The latest sec/update =288=2E0-RELEASE-p4=29 was released yesterday =3E During the night via cron job =23 freebsd-update fetch was performed =3E Today=2C I executed =28too hasty=2E=2E=29 =3E =23 freebsd-update install =3E =3E Only after that=2C I remarked that on another system=2C with a generic= =3E kernel=2C =3E the mail message about the -p4 update mentionned changes to =3E /boot/kernel/kernel and /boot/kernel=2Esymbols=2E =3E Normally=2C on this system=2C if I did have a directory /boot/GENERIC= =2C =3E I would have been warned in the mail =2C on this system=2C I guess=2C= =3E that /boot/GENERIC/kernel and /boot/GENERIC/kernel=2Esymbols were =3E among the changed files=2C but didnt get that warning =3E because I have no /boot/GENERIC directory=2E Correct =3F=27 =3E =3E What is the best thing to do now=3F =3E I renamed /boot/kernel=2Eold to /boot/GENERIC =3E and ran =3E =23 freebsd-update install =3E once more=2C but it just simply says=3A =3E No updates are available to install =3E =3E How can I achieve that /boot/GENERIC/kernel and /boot/GENERIC/kernel=2E= symbols =3E are replaced by what it should be for 8=2E0-RELEASE-p4 =3F =3E =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F =3E =3E =20 You could try freebsd-update rollback This you have already done=3A Then rename or copy your kernel=2Eold directory to GENERIC After that run freebsd-update install again DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Acce= ss=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E