Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:53:54 +0300 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How To Update From 9.1? Message-ID: <CAOgwaMvwCoG8_eOmYt_5Dq40D__Qz7v8KeBn%2BAq3j8kTs9JdoA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c9559c30-47ba-01ac-3b0a-56b74ba344fe@mykitchentable.net> References: <MW2PR20MB2188F579864017ED81927224B3BD0@MW2PR20MB2188.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <A6511ED6-9FB8-4523-9FF2-1DA3DFCDA5D9@mail.sermon-archive.info> <c9559c30-47ba-01ac-3b0a-56b74ba344fe@mykitchentable.net>
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote: > > On 4/10/2018 10:18 PM, Doug Hardie wrote: > >> On 10 April 2018, at 18:24, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've got an old system I'm trying to get current. >>> >>> # 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 >>> >>> So I consult the handbook and various list posts and find that I should >>> be able to use freebsd-update. Specifically I've done: >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> 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 >> > > Thank you for your reply. I grabbed a copy of freebsd-update from an 11.1 > system that I have and copied it to /usr/sbin/freebsd-update. However, no > joy. After deleting the contents of /var/db/freebsd-update, I did the > following: > > ---BEGIN--- > # freebsd-update fetch install > src component not installed, skipped > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update6.freebsd.org... done. > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update6.freebsd.org... > done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Fetching 2 metadata files... done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. > > No updates needed to update system to 9.1-RELEASE-p24. > > WARNING: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p1 HAS PASSED ITS END-OF-LIFE DATE. > Any security issues discovered after Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 PST 2014 > will not have been corrected. > > # freebsd-update -r 9.3-RELEASE upgrade > src component not installed, skipped > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... > done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Fetching 1 metadata files... done. > Inspecting system... done. > > The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: > > The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: > > Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.3-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... > done. > Fetching metadata index... done. > Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. > Applying metadata patches... done. > Fetching 1 metadata files... done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. > > No updates needed to update system to 9.3-RELEASE-p53. > touch: f465c3739385890c221dff1a05e578c6cae0d0430e46996d319db7439f884336-install/kernelfirst: > No such file or directory > To install the downloaded upgrades, run "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install". > > ---END--- > > I got similar results when attempting to go to 10.4-RELEASE as well. Any > other ideas? Or is my best bet at this point to just build the GENERIC > kernel from source? If so, can I go straight to 11.1 and recompile all my > ports? Or should I take some intermediate steps? > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Drew > > -- > Like card tricks? > > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to > learn card magic secrets for free! > > http://alchemistswarehouse.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > I do not know whether you considered or not , another way may be to use a NFS server to update your old computer : Connect to a NFS server ( another computer ) from old computer . Copy all of your required files in to a NFS directory ( additional copies may be much useful in case of failure in a single copy ) Install a new ( desired ) OS in to old computer . Connect the old computer to the NFS server . Copy your files to newly installed "old computer" . I think , for far away upgrade , the above steps are more feasible and safe . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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