Hello everyone. I failed to upgrade my server from 5.2 to 5.3, probably because of a bad answer to the 'Root filesystem?' question.
Setup: - HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L server, amd64, GENERIC kernel - Two disks (sd0, sd1) in softraid (sd2) - I followed the 'Upgrading by install kernel' process, with the 5.3 version of bsd.rd which I placed in /. - at the 'Root filesystem? [sd0]' question, instead of accepting the first physical disk detected, I answered 'sd2', thinking that I shouldn't indicate a particular disk among the two physical ones. I followed a similar advice found on a couple of blog pages [1, 2]. Result: - At the end of the upgrade process, following message : Failed to install bootblocks. You will not be able to boot OpenBSD from sd2 - Indeed, can't boot anymore, boot process stalled with the following message: Using drive 0, partition 3 Loading... - Powered off the server. Questions : - did I break things irremediably, hense will have to reinstall everything from scratch and backups? - alternatively, should I try something else like removing one disk or the other, then try to rebuild the RAID? Thanks in advance. I must confess that the first softraid building and 5.2 install was a real pain for me, and I still do not fully grasp softraid, and the way it may interact with the upgrade process. Olivier Debre Refs. [1] http://spiritedblowfish.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/installing-openbsd-5-1-amd64-using-softraid/ [2] http://blog.cochard.me/2012/03/openbsd-51-installation-on-sofraid4.html
