Erling Westenvik <erling.westen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 11:02:36PM -0400, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > Bryan Everly wrote: > > > > > > Boot the installer. Exit to the shell. Then do: > > > > > > bioctl -c C -l /dev/sd0a softraid0 > > > > > > > Unless I did something really stupid I would swear that I upgraded fully > > encrypted laptop running 5.8 to 5.9 easier. > > > > I downloaded bsd.rd for 5.9 and put into /. Then I rebooted the laptop. > > When prompted for boot password and entered it. Then I booted from > > bsd.rd and chose the upgrade option. When upgrade manager asked me what > > is the installation disk I pointed it to the crypto disk. In my case > > physical device is > > > > /dev/sd0 > > > > and crypto device is /dev/sd1 > > > > No softraid passwords were needed. > > Actually it was but you referred to it as "boot password" above, > something which may sound confusing to new users. The correct term would > be "passphrase". There is no such thing as a "boot password" unless one > refers to the machine's BIOS password. > > After downloading a ramdisk (bsd.rd) kernel and after rebooting, I prefer > to exit to the boot(8) prompt when it asks for the passphrase: > > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading..... > probing: pc0 apm pci mem[639K 254M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ sr0* > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.21 > Passphrase: <Enter, or Ctrl-C> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Then I enter: > > boot> boot sr0a:/bsd.rd > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > And the passphrase: > > Passphrase: <passphrase> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I easily get distracted and this way I make sure that the system doesn't > start with the old system (bsd) kernel in case I miss the five second > delay offered by boot(8). Having to wait for a system to finish booting > just so you can log in and reboot again, can be an annoying waste of > time.. :-) > > Regards, > > Erling
Hi Erling, Thanks for posting. I was very tired when I sent the original message and reading it over this morning I sounded like a drunken mathematician. Of course one has to enter the passphrase. The only step I avoided comparing to the original post was dropping into the shell before starting the upgrade process. For the people who might be reading these posts I was explicitly to state that I don't use a password to protect my BIOS. Predrag > > > After upgrade was finished I booted > > into 5.9 and did usual sysmerge, cleaning files and upgrading packages. > > > > Best, > > Predrag
