Problem upgrading from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.2-RELEASE

[Dak Ghatikachalam]

I would like to perform the same update , but I would like to know  how to
rollback if this has failed as it happened here.

We should be able to rollback to exact current state. Do you have an idea

Thanks
Dak


On 1/17/07, Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godbole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I run 6.1-RELEASE, and am trying to upgrade it to 6.2-RELEASE using
> the freebsd-update.sh script, and the instructions provided here:
>
> http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html
> ,
> without success!
>
> The script hits sporadic problems fetching files. For eg., for quiet
> sometime now this happens:
> -----------
> dexter# sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -d /usr/upgrade -r
> 6.2-RELEASE upgrade
> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors found.
> Fetching metadata signature for 6.1-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org...
> done.
> Fetching metadata index... done.
> Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
> Applying metadata patches... done.
> Fetching 1 metadata files... failed.
> dexter#
> -----------
>
> In a previous try, it went through a great deal ahead, upto fetching
> the patches and all, and then failed.
>
> Is this because of a connectivity issue on my end, or some issue with
> update1.freebsd.org? I don't see any connectivity issues from my side
> though. Thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
> Amarendra
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