Re: Updating a 12.1 system

Hi,

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:20:13 +0700
Olivier <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to update a system from 12.1 to 13.1 the traditional way:
> 
> make buildworld
> make kernel
> reboot
> mergemaster -Fp
> make installworld
> ... and crashes.
> 
try to update first to 12.3 and then make the jump to 13.

Erich


> Twice it failed during the installworld. I could see no evidence of
> the problem in the VM server.
> 
> Twice the installworld tried to initiate a reboot but had messed up
> the kernel so the boot would hang not finding the kernel.
> 
> I have used that same procedure to update kernels hundreds of times, I
> have already converted 5 systems from 12 to 13.1 without a problem.
> The only difference is that machine is using a 32 bits kernel for
> historical reasons. Could that be the probolem?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Olivier