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Date:      Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:57:00 +0300
From:      Bashar <big@kuwaitnet.net>
To:        noackjr@alumni.rice.edu
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: from 5.4-PRERELEASE -> 5.3-RELEASE-p5 error?
Message-ID:  <4232142C.40407@kuwaitnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <4231EE30.6010405@alumni.rice.edu>
References:  <422F250B.6030505@kuwaitnet.net> <20050309234141.L53915@carver.gumbysoft.com>	<423040FE.8090305@kuwaitnet.net> <20050310225201.Y64217@carver.gumbysoft.com> <42324A79.6070302@kuwaitnet.net> <4231EE30.6010405@alumni.rice.edu>

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Jon Noack wrote:

> Bashar wrote:
>
>> Doug White wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Bashar wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doug White wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Bashar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> i was wondering just right after the downgrade been facing some 
>>>>>> issues
>>>>>> such as:
>>>>>> 1. server# /usr/local/bin/strace -f ps
>>>>>> PIOCSFL: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>>>>>> trouble opening proc file
>>>>>> 2. mounting ext2fs partition doesn't work unless i specify -ro or it
>>>>>> will give operation not permitted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> any idea what might be causing this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How did you perform the downgrade? The strace error looks like you're
>>>>> still running the 5.3-STABLE binary.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> first i ran RELENG_5 and when i got the 5.4-PRERELEASE (which
>>>> incompatible with cPanel.net software) i had to run cvsup with 
>>>> RELENG_5_3
>>>> after than i started getting those errors
>>>
>>>
>>> You're leaving out important details, like what you did after you 
>>> cvsup'd.
>>
>>
>> the usual ,cvsup'ed then cd /usr/src && make buildworld && make 
>> installworld && cd /sys/i386/conf && config mykernel && cd 
>> ../compile/mykernel && make depend && make && make install && reboot
>
>
> This is the usual?  You should read 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html#AEN27432 
> and /usr/src/UPDATING.
>
> The Canonical Way to Update Your System (for 5.x):
> 1) make buildworld
> 2) make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> 3) make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> 4) <reboot in single user>
> 5) /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
> 6) mergemaster -p
> 7) make installworld
> 8) mergemaster
> 9) <reboot>
>
> Jon

Jon,
Cant do this for remote system as you know



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