Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 01:52 PM, Tom Worster wrote: i was upgrading a remote machine from 7.1 to 8.1 with freebsd-update. the freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE upgrade phase was complete and i had given: # freebsd-update install Installing updates... when the wifi on my local computer went away.

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Tom Worster
On 3/10/11 8:01 AM, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: On 03/10/2011 01:52 PM, Tom Worster wrote: i was upgrading a remote machine from 7.1 to 8.1 with freebsd-update. the freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE upgrade phase was complete and i had given: # freebsd-update install Installing updates...

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 02:37 PM, Tom Worster wrote: freebsd-update install Installing updates...Bad system call (core dumped) But your server is running and other services are ok? Is your kernel still 7.1 ? I guess it should be. (uname -a) Looks like either a newer version of freebsd-update already got

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Tom Worster
at this stage, i have no remote access. even if i could gain access, i wouldn't know what state it's in or how to proceed. it's probably best now to pay for the hosting company to install 8.1 from cd. On 3/10/11 8:54 AM, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: On 03/10/2011 02:37 PM, Tom Worster

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Worster wrote: at this stage, i have no remote access. even if i could gain access, i wouldn't know what state it's in or how to proceed. it's probably best now to pay for the hosting company to install 8.1 from cd. Well if this is an option. But before paying and

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Alexandre
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: On 03/10/2011 02:37 PM, Tom Worster wrote: BTW Yes I mean sysutils/screen There is also TMUX http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/tmux/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Tom Worster
On 3/10/11 9:13 AM, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: On 03/10/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Worster wrote: at this stage, i have no remote access. even if i could gain access, i wouldn't know what state it's in or how to proceed. it's probably best now to pay for the hosting company to install 8.1 from

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:24:30AM -0500, Tom Worster thus spake: On 3/10/11 9:13 AM, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: On 03/10/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Worster wrote: at this stage, i have no remote access. even if i could gain access, i wouldn't know what state it's in or how to proceed. it's

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Tom Worster
On 3/10/11 12:48 PM, Jason Helfman jhelf...@e-e.com wrote: Good idea. Rollback does work, and has worked for me in a very similar situation, and hopefully will work for you as well. After the rollback, reboot, and start again from your initial upgrade command. I would highly recommend using tmux,

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 04:24 PM, Tom Worster wrote: before resorting to cd. Hi, I've read your last post, this sucks. I missed a point which you have thought about (see below) The best thing would have been either rollback or reboot and continue, see below. the handbook describes a procedure: A) 1st

Re: lost network during freebsd-update install

2011-03-10 Thread C. Bergström
Bas Smeelen wrote: It would be nice if freebsd-update had the same command sequence (without the build parts) as in a source upgrade. First fetch of course, then freebsd-update installkernel with a message to reboot on succes or rollback on failure, then after reboot freebsd-update installworld,