Re: Did the upgrade work? Why did I screw up SSH? HELP

From: Lute Mullenix (lute_at_vfemail.net)
Date: 03/11/05

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    Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:09:43 -0600
    To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
    
    

    On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:11:49 -0800 (PST)
    James Leone <jleonelion@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > I have a virtual server running FreeBSD. The ISP
    > claims it's version 4.10, but when I do a "uname -a" I
    > get the following:
    >
    > FreeBSD <domain> 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0:
    > Fri Nov 12 09:18:00 PST 2004
    > root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/IPW i386
    >
    > This leads me to beleive it's 4.8.
    >
    > Using /stand/sysinstall I performed and upgrade to
    > 4.10-RELEASE (selecting the Developer package).
    >
    > Code and binary was downloaded through passive ftp
    > from ftp2.freebsd.org and everything looked to go
    > well. I got a confirmation saying I simply needed to
    > exit the install and I would be in the upgraded
    > version.
    >
    > After exiting the install, uname command returns the
    > same results as before (4.8-RELEASE).
    >
    > I did notice that when I return to sysinstall it's in
    > pretty colors now, however, when I go to the "Options"
    > I see that the Release Name is still defaulting to 4.8
    >
    > Did the upgrade really work?
    >
    > I am accessing this machine via SSH. Last time I
    > tried such an upgrade, I had a problem getting back
    > into the machine once I logged out. The SSH daemon
    > was unable to start, complaining about "PRNG not
    > seeded".
    >
    >

    Did you reboot?

    Lute
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