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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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