> From: Michael Wittmann <michi.wittm...@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:25:49 +0100

Your problem is that the installation kernel is crashing.  You need to
narrow down why that happens.

> First of all, sorry for replying the wrong way with regards to the mailing
> list.
> I hope that I do it the correct way now.
> 
> I thought a bit about the kernel problem.
> I think that in the folder /usr/share/relink/kernel/GENERIC.MP lie the files
> for the old 7.6 kernel for compilation.
> The relink-kernel command uses these files to relink the kernel.
> 
> So I think I have to copy the files in that folder from my other machine
> that runs current already.
> 
> Let us hope it works.
> 
> Or do you have a better solution?
> 
> Am Mi., 26. März 2025 um 09:39 Uhr schrieb Janne Johansson
> <icepic...@gmail.com>:
> 
>  > At the end of sysupgrade -s after the message of the installer: Making
>  > all device nodes... done
>  > I get the kernel panic:
> 
>  > After hard reset:
>  > The laptop cannot be rebooted, because of the panic.
>  > After the hard reboot OpenBSD boots, but with the error:
>  > 1. dd: /dev/random not found.
> 
>  > My workaround:
>  > For 1.:
>  > The /dev/random link was actually existent it just pointed to nothing.
>  > So I did:
>  > # cd /dev
>  > # rm random
>  > # ln -s urandom random
> 
>  This part would probably be better to just
>  # cd /dev
>  # sh ./MAKEDEV all
>  to let the system create device nodes the correct way.
> 
>  Also, if this again triggers the bug, you have a nice repeatable way
>  to cause it.
> 
>  -- 
>  May the most significant bit of your life be positive.

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