On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Uwe Dippel <udip...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Richard Toohey > <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > >> OK, I've tried it and cannot reproduce what you see. I've never done >> an upgrade from bsd.rd before, so wanted to give it a go. >> >> Obviously something different with your set-up, or where you got the files >> from, or factor X - but as other people have said, they can't guess what. >> >> In short - the basic bsd.rd "follow these instructions" worked for me here. >> >> OK, I start with 4.6 amd64 (either 4.6 or just pre-4.6 release) >> >> uname -a >> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.6 GENERIC#0 amd64 >> >> But before I upgrade, what's /sbin/pfctl? >> >> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 492664 Dec 3 23:12 /sbin/pfctl >> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl >> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 3e1fa4f69809adff432f9da62010a6a7 >> >> http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade47.html >> >> "One easy way to boot from the install kernel is to place the 4.7 version of > bsd.rd in the root of your boot drive, then instruct the >> boot loader to boot using this new bsd.rd file. On amd64 and i386, you do > this by entering "boot bsd.rd" at the initial boot> prompt." >> >> OK, I'll get the bsd.rd from the 4.7 release CD (but could have used FTP.) >> >> /usr/bin/su root >> mv /bsd.rd /bsd46.rd >> mount /dev/cd0a /mnt/ >> cp /mnt/4.7/amd64/bsd.rd /bsd.rd >> umount /mnt >> eject /dev/cd0a >> reboot >> ... boot > boot bsd.rd >> ... Welcome to the OpenBSD/amd64 4.7 installation program. >> ... I choose upgrade ... take defaults all the way until ... >> Location of sets? [What do I do here? I'll try http, and take the > defaults. What did YOU do here?] >> bsd, bsd.rd, base47.tgz, misc47.tgz, comp47.tgz, man47.tgz, game47.tgz, > xbase47.tgz >> xshare47.tgz, xfont47.tgz, xserv47.tgz ... all get to 100% no errors. >> ... rest of install, reboot ... >> $ uname -a >> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.7 GENERIC#112 amd64 >> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 500856 Mar 18 15:36 /sbin/pfctl >> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl >> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 7720c9a4dc100fe29d2d3c4a16954eb4 > > Thanks, Richard. > > No, you couldn't encounter it. > It comes in later. > I have now the whole upgrade session of my third machine, the log is > 2 MB. > Whenever I rebooted, it was okay: > 1. reboot to start bsd.rd - okay > 2. reboot directly after bsd.rd upgrade - okay > 3. reboot after 'Final steps', before pkg_add - okay > 4. reboot after 'Upgrading packages' - okay > 5. reboot after patching - old files and wrong timestamps - bummer, as > Theo might say.
you mean applying the errata47.html patches? If so, are you certain your source tree is tagged OPENBSD_4_7 and not anything else? --patrick > I wonder if I can put the file up into the open, or if it contains > security-related matter.?? > As bz2 it is just 91 k; I will of course make it available to > individuals on request. > > Uwe
