Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 07:28:58 -0800 (PST) From: wo_shi_big_stomach <wo_shi_big_stomach@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: recovering from failed cvsup upgrade Message-ID: <20060209152858.32023.qmail@web32907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Greetings. I need help recovering a system that became unresponsive during an upgrade. Steps: 1. Using cvsup, I tried to upgrade a system from RELENG_5_2 to RELENG_5_3 with the usual sequence: cvsup -g -L 2 (cvsup file) make -j 4 buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP mergemaster -p make installworld This last step complained about the lack of some attributes needed for pf. After several attempts to repeat the whole cycle, I gave up and tried to roll back to RELENG_5_2. To do this, I repeated all steps above starting with a cvsup for the RELENG_5_2 branch. I did all this via ssh and the system became unreponsive (on all ports, not just ssh) during the downgrade. The machine is at a different location but I will go there in a couple of hours. Thanks in advance for any clues as to how I can recover this system. If it matters, the system is a Compaq Proliant 1850R with dual 550-MHz Pentium III CPUs and 512 Mbytes RAM.
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