Re: Ok, so now what? Binary upgrade to 6.2-RELEASE fails

Clint Olsen wrote:
On Nov 02, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
I think you might have no choice but to omit the reboots, because the
world contains lots of stuff that has to do with the kernel (like
mounting).

So just go into single user mode and do the usual stuff:
# make installkernel
# mergemaster -p
# make installworld
# mergemaster
# shutdown -r now

and pray to your deity of choice.

If the reason for your problem is something else however you're stuck
with a system that can not run with your old kernel. So better backup
before you try.

I attempted to just do a binary upgrade, assuming that I botched the source
upgrade somehow. After installing FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, I was left with a
system that would not boot (similar errors on boot as before). Reverting
the kernel of course was of limited help because userland was all expecting
6.2. So, I had a couple of tarballs from my last backup and I attempted to
bandage up / and /usr and was able to resurrect my 5.5-STABLE image.

This is f'n scary. I've never had this much trouble upgrading a system
before. Does anyone have any idea what remnant could be remaining after a
binary upgrade that would keep it from booting yet I can boot from the
6.2-RELEASE iso's just fine? I am very apprehensive to do a newfs and wipe
the drives now that I've failed both source and binary upgrade paths.

-Clint

That's strange, I've gone right from 5.3 through to RELENG_7 without ever
doing the reboots during the install process (I know that's not recommended)
and I never ran into trouble. Did you accidently turn off compat6x in the
kernel before you built? Did your remember to install the misc/compat6x port?
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