uname -a output does not change after kernel upgrade
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Sun May 22 01:02:27 PDT 2005
I have fixed the problem.
1) Removed the first SATA disk (ad4) and booted from ad6.
Then I got correct kernel and userland (5.4-STABLE)
2) Swapped SATA cables to boot from ad6 (it became ad4).
---
# uname -a
FreeBSD server.example.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #2: Sat May 21 18:45:32 EEST 2005
root at server.example.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SERVER i386
# gmirror list
Geom name: gm0s1
State: DEGRADED
Components: 2
Balance: round-robin
Slice: 4096
Flags: NONE
GenID: 0
SyncID: 8
ID: 4196295632
Providers:
1. Name: mirror/gm0s1
Mediasize: 200046518272 (186G)
Sectorsize: 512
Mode: r5w4e1
Consumers:
1. Name: ad4s1
Mediasize: 200046518784 (186G)
Sectorsize: 512
Mode: r1w1e1
State: ACTIVE
Priority: 0
Flags: DIRTY
GenID: 0
SyncID: 8
ID: 3302562170
2. Name: ad6s1
Mediasize: 200046518784 (186G)
Sectorsize: 512
Mode: r1w1e1
State: SYNCHRONIZING
Priority: 0
Flags: DIRTY, SYNCHRONIZING
GenID: 0
SyncID: 8
Synchronized: 2%
ID: 3946315095
# gmirror status
Name Status Components
mirror/gm0s1 DEGRADED ad4s1
ad6s1 (2%)
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Thank you for help!
Jurgis
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: uname -a output does not change after kernel upgrade
> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:08:45 +0300
> From: Jurgis <***@it-solutions.lv>
> To: Daniel Gerzo <danger at rulez.sk>
> CC: questions at freebsd.org
> References: <428F80CF.1020509 at it-solutions.lv>
> <216446879.20050521210609 at rulez.sk> <428F9427.90402 at it-solutions.lv>
> <745032946.20050521223345 at rulez.sk>
>
>
> Daniel Gerzo wrote:
>
>>> How can I now which kernel is loaded?
>>
>> sysctl -a | grep kernel
>>
>
> OK, I have new userland and old kernel.
> Those command proves that.
>
> # sysctl -a | grep kernel
> kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel/kernel
> kern.module_path: /boot/kernel;/boot/modules
>
> # sysctl -a | grep kern.version
> kern.version: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #1: Fri Apr 29 23:04:18 EEST 2005
>
>>
>>> I remembered that I had created /boot.config file
>>> with following content, but now when I checked it,
>>> ir was not there.
>>
>>
>>
>>> --- cat /boot.config ---
>>> 1:ad(6,a)/boot/loader
>>
>>
>>
>> this doesn't have anything with kernel config I think.
>> actually, I know only one way how to implicitly set the kernel boot
>> file. One can do so by adding line
>>
>> kernel="path/to/kernel"
>>
>> into /boot/loader.conf
>
>
> I have to sata disks ad4 and ad6 and I created /boot.config to boot from
> ad6 instedad of ad4. BTW I'm not quite sure about those parameters
> in that string "1:ad(6,a)/boot/loader".
>
>
>>> Is it better that I start new conversation with new Subject
>>> and describe how I got all this mess?
>>
>>
>>
>> That's up to you. Personally I don't think it is needed. You should
>> firstly try to build a new kernel AND install it. If you are using
>> your own kernel config file, you should add KERNCONF=CONFIGNAME to the
>> make (build|install)kernel command.
>
>
> I have built and installed the new kernel.
> I added KERNCONF=CONFIGNAME to /etc/make.conf.
>
> There is new kernel and modules in
> # ls -la /boot/kernel/kernel
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3328239 May 21 18:45 /boot/kernel/kernel
>
> Here is some file information and gmirror configuration:
>
> -----
> # df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 253734 54960 178476 24% /
> devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1d 253678 58 233326 0% /tmp
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1f 135891276 1911080 123108894 2% /usr
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1e 50777034 63142 46651730 0% /var
>
> # gmirror list
> Geom name: gm0s1
> State: DEGRADED
> Components: 2
> Balance: round-robin
> Slice: 4096
> Flags: NONE
> SyncID: 5
> ID: 4196295632
> Providers:
> 1. Name: mirror/gm0s1
> Mediasize: 200046518272 (186G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r4w4e1
> Consumers:
> 1. Name: ad6s1
> Mediasize: 200046518784 (186G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r4w4e2
> State: ACTIVE
> Priority: 0
> Flags: DIRTY
> SyncID: 5
> ID: 3302562170
>
> # gmirror status
> Name Status Components
> mirror/gm0s1 DEGRADED ad6s1
>
> -----
>
> --- And a bit from dmesg ---
> ad4: 190782MB <ST3200826AS/3.01> [387621/16/63] at ata2-master SATA150
> ad6: 190782MB <ST3200826AS/3.01> [387621/16/63] at ata3-master SATA150
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting fd0.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1.
> magic: GEOM::MIRROR
> version: 1
> name: gm0s1
> mid: 4196295632
> did: 3946315095
> all: 2
> syncid: 3
> priority: 0
> slice: 4096
> balance: round-robin
> mediasize: 200046518272
> sectorsize: 512
> syncoffset: 0
> mflags: NONE
> dflags: NONE
> hcprovider:
> MD5 hash: 4efc7c98de71a4d10b891fd4bc4e2c80
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Creating device gm0s1 (id=4196295632).
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1 created (id=4196295632).
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Adding disk ad4s1 to gm0s1.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Adding disk ad4s1.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Disk ad4s1 connected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Disk ad4s1 state changed from NONE to NEW (device gm0s1).
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: provider ad4s1 detected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1.
> magic: GEOM::MIRROR
> version: 1
> name: gm0s1
> mid: 4196295632
> did: 3302562170
> all: 2
> syncid: 5
> priority: 0
> slice: 4096
> balance: round-robin
> mediasize: 200046518272
> sectorsize: 512
> syncoffset: 0
> mflags: NONE
> dflags: NONE
> hcprovider:
> MD5 hash: 9be4ddc54abbe5e0221f020517cac964
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Adding disk ad6s1 to gm0s1.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Adding disk ad6s1.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Disk ad6s1 connected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Disk ad6s1 state changed from NONE to NEW (device gm0s1).
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: provider ad6s1 detected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Device gm0s1 state changed from STARTING to RUNNING.
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Disk ad6s1 state changed from NEW to ACTIVE (device gm0s1).
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad6s1 r0w1e1 = 0
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1a.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad6s1 r0w-1e-1 = 0
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Metadata on ad6s1 updated.
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: provider ad6s1 activated.
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Disk ad4s1 state changed from NEW to SYNCHRONIZING
> (device gm0s1).
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: provider mirror/gm0s1 launched.
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: rebuilding provider ad4s1.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad4s1 r0w1e1 = 1
> GEOM_MIRROR[1]: Disk ad4s1 state changed from SYNCHRONIZING to
> DISCONNECTED (device gm0s1).
> GEOM_MIRROR[0]: Device gm0s1: provider ad4s1 disconnected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Disk ad4s1 disconnected.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Consumer ad4s1 destroyed.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1c.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1d.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1e.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad4s1f.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1a.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1c.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1d.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1e.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6s1f.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Tasting ad6.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access request for mirror/gm0s1: r1w0e0.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad6s1 r1w0e1 = 0
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access request for mirror/gm0s1: r-1w0e0.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad6s1 r-1w0e-1 = 0
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access request for mirror/gm0s1: r1w0e0.
> GEOM_MIRROR[2]: Access ad6s1 r1w0e1 = 0
>
> -----
>
> The old kernel could be on ad4s1.
>
> I first wanted to solve the gmirror problem but when I
> could not I upgraded to 5.4-STABLE hoping that it
> could change the picture.
>
> What should I do now?
>
> Thank you in advance for your time!
>
> Jurgis
>
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