I have a machine which has been happily running 8.3 for some time, and is being updated (finally) to 8.4.
Using freebsd-update(8), the process seemed to go as normal, through the installation of the kernel, reboot, installation of the userland, reboot. At which point I noticed that while the userland appeared to be from 8.4 (ssh for example is 6.1p1), the kernel is still the 8.3 kernel. How do I know this?
Then wants to delete lots of files), so I decided to try installing a new generic kernel from the installation CD.
Mounted the 8.4 disc 1 CD, and ran
Rebooted, and we still have 8.3! So I wondered if /boot/kernel/kernel is the kernel which is actually being loaded.
Left the system overnight, and when I've looked at it again this morning, the file /boot/kernel/kernel is the 8.3 kernel again (I'm pretty sure it was the 8.4 kernel when I left it last night), while the kernel module files appear to be from 8.4 (by comparing the file size with another 8.4 system).
I feel like I am missing something fundamental here. What should I be doing to install an 8.4 kernel properly? I have considered building from source, but won't that prevent freebsd-update(8) from patching it again in the future?
Using freebsd-update(8), the process seemed to go as normal, through the installation of the kernel, reboot, installation of the userland, reboot. At which point I noticed that while the userland appeared to be from 8.4 (ssh for example is 6.1p1), the kernel is still the 8.3 kernel. How do I know this?
uname -a shows 8.3, and strings /boot/kernel/kernel shows 8.3 too. freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade doesn't work (it gives the error
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cannot open files/.gz: No such file or directoryMounted the 8.4 disc 1 CD, and ran
8.4-RELEASE/kernel/install.sh generic. The file modification times in /boot/kernel changed to Jun 2 2013 (as expected).Rebooted, and we still have 8.3! So I wondered if /boot/kernel/kernel is the kernel which is actually being loaded.
sysctl kern.bootfile says it is.Left the system overnight, and when I've looked at it again this morning, the file /boot/kernel/kernel is the 8.3 kernel again (I'm pretty sure it was the 8.4 kernel when I left it last night), while the kernel module files appear to be from 8.4 (by comparing the file size with another 8.4 system).
I feel like I am missing something fundamental here. What should I be doing to install an 8.4 kernel properly? I have considered building from source, but won't that prevent freebsd-update(8) from patching it again in the future?
