Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:38:54 +0100 From: "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> To: aw1@stade.co.uk, "Dimitry Andric" <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best overall upgrade from 8.x? Message-ID: <op.xpdna4u2g7njmm@michael-think.fritz.box> In-Reply-To: <B40697E4-6CBD-4F88-805F-654E9C3E8238@FreeBSD.org> References: <CA%2BE3k93YhbfCN1La8sJO%2BWA-%2BeBVnSHNO-JjCsd%2BNs5%2BJq6iNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1tcgrO4ZgOj4feFA3hcVj%2BgP0Sq5gPcu6xmFgrONaUq6Q@mail.gmail.com> <54673CA1.5020008@netfence.it> <20141115125347.GC16633@swelter.hanley.stade.co.uk> <B40697E4-6CBD-4F88-805F-654E9C3E8238@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:20:49 +0100, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 15 Nov 2014, at 13:53, Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:44:33PM +0100, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >>> On 11/15/14 05:48, Kevin Oberman wrote: >>>> I'd wait a month or so and, if no problems that might impact you pop >>>> up, >>>> I'd go with 10.1 >>> Uh... is direct upgrade (using sources) possible from 8.4 to 10.1? >>> No need to step through 9.x? >> >> Even the move from 9.2 (a near year old 9/stable) to 10.1 (stable/10 as >> of about 3 weeks ago) is slightly problematic. >> >> Following the normal upgrade procedure of installkernel and then >> rebooting with the userland untouched runs into a problem whereby >> rc.conf falls apart with a shower of eval errors, no networking, ... >> >> I do not know the cause. > > I almost certainly know the cause: you are supposed to reboot into > single user mode after installkernel. A regular boot to full multi user > mode may or may not work, depending on numerous unpredictable > circumstances. :-) > If you follow the handbook, you are not supposed to reboot at all after installkernel. I think it was advised once, but it does no longer say so, it just says "drop to single user". Well, it still says "[single user] also minimizes any problems from running the old world on a new kernel." which you don't actually do if you follow the instructions. Michael
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