Re: Issue With 7.0-Rel -> 7.1-Rel Update
Hmmm. There's actually a certain appeal to installing v7.1 from scratch. RHEL has the option of creating SoftRAID mirrors at install time (and later, of course). Does the FreeBSD installer have that capability, as well? If so, no it doesn't. but nobody force you to use installer at all. Personally i don't use it ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Issue With 7.0-Rel -> 7.1-Rel Update
Anyone have any ideas on this? Or should I make a couple of backups (test them to confirm they're viable) and install v7.1 from scratch? Hmmm. There's actually a certain appeal to installing v7.1 from scratch. RHEL has the option of creating SoftRAID mirrors at install time (and later, of course). Does the FreeBSD installer have that capability, as well? If so, then I'll probably go that route even if there's a simple solution to the dilemma below; disk space has become so incredibly cheap that it's almost a mistake *not* to configure mirrors at this point. Either way, all pointers appreciated Thanks, Vince ** At 14:24 -0500 on 02/22/2009, Vince Sabio wrote: Hi folks, I am updating an AMD-based machine from v7.0-RELEASE to v7.1-RELEASE. Here's what I get: BEGIN: ares-root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: kernel/generic src/base src/bin src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/ubin src/usbin world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages world/proflibs The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: src/cddl src/compat src/rescue src/tools world/catpages Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 7.1-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. Fetching files from 7.0-RELEASE for merging... done. Preparing to download files... done. Fetching 14771 patches.[snip snip snip]... done. Applying patches... done. Fetching 21632 files... gunzip: (stdin): unexpected end of file 21ca797afb693c5ee108f0c9a617760501cb749b9592603dc16e089acf2be70f has incorrect hash. ares-root# END Weird. But hey, I'm an optimist (and it was 2:00 a.m.), so I figured WTF, I'll try it again BEGIN: ares-root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: kernel/generic src/base src/bin src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/ubin src/usbin world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages world/proflibs The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: src/cddl src/compat src/rescue src/tools world/catpages Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 7.1-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. Fetching files from 7.0-RELEASE for merging... done. Preparing to download files... done. Fetching 10796 patches.102030. done. Applying patches... done. Fetching 18821 files... done. Attempting to automatically merge changes in files... done. The following file could not be merged automatically: /etc/amd.map Press Enter to edit this file in vi and resolve the conflicts manually... END Okay, I reach that point and press Enter, and I am presented with a diff-style file in vi (which is fine; I'm a vi user) that clearly highlights the differences between the current file and v7.1-R file. I'm good to go with the v7.1-R version, so I edit out the 'current' section, remove the 'diff' markers, ZZ, and that file is done. The updater then presents me with another file whose changes could not be merged automatically. So I go through the identical process. Wash, rinse, repeat, FOR [more than] FORTY MINUTES' worth of files. Each time, I kept thinking, "Okay, this has to be the last one..," but it wasn't. Even after 40 minutes, the process was not completed -- I just threw in the towel. For all I know, this process could have continued for all 21632 files -- version 11.5-RELEASE could have been out by the time I finished that process. So, first of all, what did I do wrong? Second, when I start the upgrade over again, what should I do differently? And, if all else fails: In each case of editing the files, the v7.1 version was fine. Is there any way to tell it, "I have good backups, and want to live dangerously, so Just Do It, and don't ask me if I want to edit anything..."? Much
Issue With 7.0-Rel -> 7.1-Rel Update
Hi folks, I am updating an AMD-based machine from v7.0-RELEASE to v7.1-RELEASE. Here's what I get: BEGIN: ares-root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: kernel/generic src/base src/bin src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/ubin src/usbin world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages world/proflibs The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: src/cddl src/compat src/rescue src/tools world/catpages Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 7.1-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. Fetching files from 7.0-RELEASE for merging... done. Preparing to download files... done. Fetching 14771 patches.[snip snip snip]... done. Applying patches... done. Fetching 21632 files... gunzip: (stdin): unexpected end of file 21ca797afb693c5ee108f0c9a617760501cb749b9592603dc16e089acf2be70f has incorrect hash. ares-root# END Weird. But hey, I'm an optimist (and it was 2:00 a.m.), so I figured WTF, I'll try it again BEGIN: ares-root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: kernel/generic src/base src/bin src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/ubin src/usbin world/base world/dict world/doc world/games world/info world/manpages world/proflibs The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: src/cddl src/compat src/rescue src/tools world/catpages Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y Fetching metadata signature for 7.1-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... done. Inspecting system... done. Fetching files from 7.0-RELEASE for merging... done. Preparing to download files... done. Fetching 10796 patches.102030. done. Applying patches... done. Fetching 18821 files... done. Attempting to automatically merge changes in files... done. The following file could not be merged automatically: /etc/amd.map Press Enter to edit this file in vi and resolve the conflicts manually... END Okay, I reach that point and press Enter, and I am presented with a diff-style file in vi (which is fine; I'm a vi user) that clearly highlights the differences between the current file and v7.1-R file. I'm good to go with the v7.1-R version, so I edit out the 'current' section, remove the 'diff' markers, ZZ, and that file is done. The updater then presents me with another file whose changes could not be merged automatically. So I go through the identical process. Wash, rinse, repeat, FOR [more than] FORTY MINUTES' worth of files. Each time, I kept thinking, "Okay, this has to be the last one..," but it wasn't. Even after 40 minutes, the process was not completed -- I just threw in the towel. For all I know, this process could have continued for all 21632 files -- version 11.5-RELEASE could have been out by the time I finished that process. So, first of all, what did I do wrong? Second, when I start the upgrade over again, what should I do differently? And, if all else fails: In each case of editing the files, the v7.1 version was fine. Is there any way to tell it, "I have good backups, and want to live dangerously, so Just Do It, and don't ask me if I want to edit anything..."? Muchas gracias __ Vince Sabio vi...@vjs.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"