From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 10:08:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5E716A418 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:08:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clint@0lsen.net) Received: from QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D2213C494 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:08:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clint@0lsen.net) Received: from OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.12]) by QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with smtp id 7lwW1Y0010FhH240100000; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:56:30 +0000 Received: from 0lsen.net ([24.20.127.157]) by OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7lwW1Y0013Pt6RU0000000; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:56:30 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=P7zeeM2J0MWzc2p9B3QA:9 a=YsG-kUt2ovAgqjpiSJepT31Us9UA:4 a=gi0PWCVxevcA:10 Received: by 0lsen.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 680E7179CB; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:56:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:56:28 -0800 From: Clint Olsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071102095628.GA796@0lsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: NULlsen Network X-Disclaimer: Mutt Bites! Subject: Source upgrade from 5.5 to 6.X not safe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:08:39 -0000 I just attempted a source upgrade from 5.5-STABLE to 6.3-PRERELEASE, and it was a disaster, more than likely because I forgot to do something. Normally I'm saved by the fact that the operations are not so scary as to cause problems. Well, in this case after running 'make installkernel' and rebooting, the system did not come back up because it got kernel fatals on reboot (fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode). It appears that my filesystems got marked dirty in the reboot loop that ensued, and I had to manually fsck them. I figured after that it might boot, but alas problems remained, so after grabbing a disc1 image of 6.2 on CDROM I moved kernel.old back and kernel to kernel.bad. Now, sometimes I work fast and loose with the rules of upgrading, but I was surprised that I managed to royally screw up things. Any pointers would be appreciated before I shave off a few years of my life again. Thanks, -Clint