From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 16:02:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C98106564A for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rockstar01@y7mail.com) Received: from nm16-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm16-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB6E48FC12 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.51] by nm16.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 15:49:17 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.244] by tm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 15:49:17 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1058.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 15:49:17 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 500155.78308.bm@omp1058.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 50752 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Nov 2011 15:49:17 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=y7mail.com; s=s1024; t=1320335357; bh=MJngHEOeMxCXQHKR+GTeiOMXHgwS161iDBv+3e5pTNs=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=QRt3XGxQpQuVeUIXijXEGbvypbQO/KuIQmjiNJbCRd6yRsjwyBNfa5C5rcIpkC1cRQFD1IoGyxriN/rwEzZ/W+rI0U95m1nBG5cnovq9RACJ4VmO378REUR0v1EKJ8HON12y0qphP0H/KHsx0v0eDHPvq0oDSSS998B1rjtB3Vc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=y7mail.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=qpR3VcMSQwvq9iLHEY06FCw73Ov5Nf+iajRhnw4SeHqjQkZxLkNG2r8Kk9c9Mur5xKq8X21pkXs0RPQoqjla5rYo+dnd/WIfMJMHjXYFga4JlTkRtkSUpEIjHdVWqQ+mb8q5mtf4qLMN9ocmPmRwPlWwq0sTeqgTaRGx2vlcogc=; X-YMail-OSG: GkCqi5QVM1kvs_4.POaYPHm3.T5OgWNnTIhlWQbdxd9M12h e7E0LV3Vb Received: from [202.213.143.30] by web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:49:16 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.11 YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 Message-ID: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:49:16 -0700 (PDT) From: masayoshi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: freebsd-update (custom kernel) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:02:35 -0000 I would like to know about freebsd-update command. It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom k= ernel. First question is the following : > su - #freebsd-update fetch #freebsd-update install Does this command work well? The answer is ..... [A].Always work, [B]Depend on my computer. Second question is ... For example,if I upgrade from FreeBSD 7.4 to 8.2 by freebsd-update command. Can I upgrade without failure? I would like to know only "success rate"? The answer is .... [A].about 100%, [B].about 80%,[C].about 75%,[D] less than 50% Thanks in advance. --- Inexperienced FreeBSD user: Level 1 pow 1, spd 1, vit 1,int 1,luck 1