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Date:      Sat, 17 Apr 2021 07:01:24 +1000
From:      andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
To:        Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 13.0 Upgrade Gotcha document?
Message-ID:  <20210416210124.hpyk7uwnyeavnjgl@ozzmosis.com>
In-Reply-To: <YHnbvgpmUsgwzNzJ@geeks.org>
References:  <YHnbvgpmUsgwzNzJ@geeks.org>

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On 2021-04-16 13:47:26, Doug McIntyre (merlyn@geeks.org) wrote:

> Is there a document somewhere documenting all the "gotchas" on doing a
> FreeBSD 13.0 binary upgrades now-a-days?

...

> *) Zpools probably need to have 'zpool upgrade' done on them.

I think this is only true if you want clean output from "zpool status"?
FreeBSD 13.0 should function fine on older pool versions.

> *) Make sure to re-install your boot loader before you
>   `zpool upgrade zroot` to not break bootloader.

I believe "zpool upgrade" previously warned the admin to run
"gpart bootcode" to install the most recent bootcode for a ZFS
boot pool, but in 13.0 that warning is gone.



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