Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:00:25 -0400 From: Eric Feldhusen <efeldhusen.lists@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem completing a 9.1 release to 9.2 release upgrade Message-ID: <CAAE5HwgGsoUrZMvS-fFaU-B_8ZFVKMPs%2B_%2BKp3Bwhow-BancQQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <525069AD.7040505@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAAE5Hwgo67qXNLHB%2Bf938t2njd_nn4McOazG75kR3yr8n5KayA@mail.gmail.com> <525069AD.7040505@FreeBSD.org>
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Ah, yes, when this particular box was a 9.0-release, I had compiled a custom kernel to enable ipsec. When I check the strings, it's a 9.1 release kernel. I see my /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC is a 9.2 kernel, so I should just be able to do a cd /usr/src make buildworld make installworld reboot and I'll be running up on the 9.2 kernel and then I'll be all set? Thanks for the help. Eric On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 05/10/2013 20:11, Eric Feldhusen wrote: > > I have a server that was/is running 9.1 release that I tried to upgrade > to > > 9.2 release. I missed the step of updating to the latest 9.1 patches by > > doing > > > > freebsd-update fetch > > freebsd-update install > > > > I went right to > > > > freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE > > freebsd-update install > > > > rebooot > > > > freebsd-update install > > > > reboot again > > > > But my system still comes up as 9.1 release. > > > > Any suggestions on the steps to fix my goof? > > Did you replace the generic kernel from 9.1-RELEASE with something you > compiled yourself? If so, you may well have caused freebsd-update to > ignore any modifications to the kernel. > > You can fix that by re-compiling a kernel using the 9.2-RELEASE sources > and basically the same kernel configuration as for 9.1 (you will need to > check for 9.2 related differences to the configuration, but these are > likely to be pretty minor or not needed at all.) > > If you aren't using a customized kernel, then has the kernel in the > standard location on your system actually been updated? You can tell if > it's a 9.2 kernel by running strings(1) against the kernel binary, like so: > > # strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep RELEASE > > If that's clearly a 9.2 kernel, then are you actually booting up from a > different kernel somewhere else on your system? First of all, are > there any other copies of FreeBSD kernels around anywhere -- on > memsticks, or on split mirrors perhaps? You may need to fiddle with the > bios settings or interrupt the boot sequence and type things directly at > the loader if so. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > > >
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