Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:43:59 -0500 From: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> To: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lost network during freebsd-update install Message-ID: <C99EE5E6.FCC6%fsb@thefsb.org> In-Reply-To: <20110310174805.GR13527@eggman.experts-exchange.com>
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On 3/10/11 12:48 PM, "Jason Helfman" <jhelfman@e-e.com> wrote: >Good idea. Rollback does work, and has worked for me in a very similar >situation, and hopefully will work for you as well. After the rollback, >reboot, and start again from your initial upgrade command. I would highly >recommend using tmux, and also installing a remote console/management card >for your system so you can control it remotely. The cost of the card is >probably less than remote-hands cost on one support call. so my support person called and said that it did boot to single user mode but was in a dreadful mess and rollback didn't work. loads of really basic programs, stuff that freebsd-update uses, were missing, like id(1). oh well.
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