From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 11 05:25:33 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5FE2F9749F for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=l3hk=ha=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2496FA68 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=l3hk=ha=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 00855F9749E; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F24F9749D for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=l3hk=ha=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [71.177.216.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8446FA4A for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=l3hk=ha=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from [10.0.1.251] (mini [10.0.1.251]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 40LXPP4rB3z2fjQZ; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Subject: Re: How To Update From 9.1? From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:18:17 -0700 Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Drew Tomlinson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.4 at mail X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:25:33 -0000 > On 10 April 2018, at 18:24, Drew Tomlinson = wrote: >=20 > I've got an old system I'm trying to get current. >=20 > # uname -a > FreeBSD vm.mykitchentable.net 9.1-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p1 = #0: Tue May 9 09:19:33 PDT 2017 = drew@vm.mykitchentable.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >=20 > So I consult the handbook and various list posts and find that I = should be able to use freebsd-update. Specifically I've done: >=20 > I've tried deleting /var/db/freebsd-update and doing the 'fetch = install' over. I've tried deleting /usr/src and downloading a new copy = of 9.3 source code. >=20 > Overall, I really don't know what I need to do as I've never done a = binary update before. I don't even know if 'src/src' looks reasonable = but I thought I'd give it a try. Can anyone point me in the right = direction? I'd appreciate the nudge. This is a common issue for 9 and earlier systems. I understand it may = also affect some 10s. Basically there are some patches available in = various postings to bug reports. If you find both of them, it should = work, but you have to manually update as line numbers are not = consistent. The easier approach is probably to get a copy of = freebsd-update from a newer system. It's a script so that works fine. = I have used the script from 11.0 to upgrade some 9.x systems. -- Doug