* Marcus Comstedt (marcus at mc.pp.se) wrote: > > No, you can't 'un-BFU' the system. At least not in > > any stable, > > supported way (as far as liveupgrade is concerned). > > Your options are: > > a) reinstall, installing 105 from scratch > > b) bfu to 105 > > Ok. Reinstalling sounds like a several days of work procedure to get > all configuration back the way it should be (BTW, what happens with > ZFS pools in a reinstallation? Are they automatically detected by the > newly installed system?), so I guess I'll stick to BFU for the time being > then.
It depends on where the ZFS pools live. If they aren't located on the 'system disk' (ie the disk you're going to install to) then you can just export them before reinstalling and then import them after the install. > > > If you bfu to 105, you'll only be updating the ON > > components of the > > system (the kernel and some of the userland). You > > won't get updates to > > X, Desktop, etc. > > X is irrelevant, this is a server machine. It seems manpages don't get > updated either, correct? Even though I have new features in the > commands, they are not documented. Among other things. > > > You *can not* mix BFU with upgrade. BFU is an ON > > consolidation > > developer tool that allows one to update a system to > > newer kernel/ON > > bits in order to facilitate testing and development > > of those bits. It > > is not now, nor has it ever been a method for > > upgrading a system from > > one release to the next. > > Discussing what BFU is and isn't doesn't seem constructive at this point. > Of course, if you can lend me a time machine so that I can take a DVD > of b105 back in time a couple of months and get crossbow from that, > it would be just dandy. :-) I merely mentioned it because it sounded like you got yourself into this situation without understanding the ramifications of using BFU. So, I was trying to document it not only for your information but for others who might encounter the same situation some day (or hopefully not if they see the message). Cheers, -- Glenn
