how to change from STABLE to RELEASE?

[Fleuriot Damien]

On Jan 9, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Give this a try
>>> 
>>> setenv UNAME_r "9.0-RELEASE"
>>> freebsd-update fetch update
>>> freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE
>> 
>> Thank you very much!  It seems to be working:
>> 
>> $ su -
>> Password:
>> %seten UNAME_r "9.0-RELEASE"
>> seten: Command not found.
>> %setenv UNAME_r "9.0-RELEASE"
>> %freebsd-update fetch update
>> usage: freebsd-update [options] command ... [path]
>> 
>> Options:
>>  -b basedir   -- Operate on a system mounted at basedir
>>                  (default: /)
>>  -d workdir   -- Store working files in workdir
>>                  (default: /var/db/freebsd-update/)
>>  -f conffile  -- Read configuration options from conffile
>>                  (default: /etc/freebsd-update.conf)
>>  -k KEY       -- Trust an RSA key with SHA256 hash of KEY
>>  -r release   -- Target for upgrade (e.g., 6.2-RELEASE)
>>  -s server    -- Server from which to fetch updates
>>                  (default: update.FreeBSD.org)
>>  -t address   -- Mail output of cron command, if any, to address
>>                  (default: root)
>> Commands:
>>  fetch        -- Fetch updates from server
>>  cron         -- Sleep rand(3600) seconds, fetch updates, and send an
>>                  email if updates were found
>>  upgrade      -- Fetch upgrades to FreeBSD version specified via -r option
>>  install      -- Install downloaded updates or upgrades
>>  rollback     -- Uninstall most recently installed updates
>>  IDS          -- Compare the system against an index of "known good" files.
>> %freebsd-update fetch
>> Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
>> Fetching public key from update5.freebsd.org... done.
>> Fetching metadata signature for 9.0-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... done.
>> Fetching metadata index... done.
>> Fetching 2 metadata files... done.
>> Inspecting system... done.
>> Preparing to download files...
>> 
>> Will get back to see if it went through all the way!
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Antonio
> 
> Dear folks,
> 
> Everything almost worked.  Now I get some errors.
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf:  18:  Syntax error:  redirection unexpected
> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> 
> I try to edit the file, but I cannot see it I get a readonly file
> system.  There were some mistakes that I could not correct some lines
> like <<<<<< and then ======= were present in the file, but vi could
> not allow me to remove them I got error and I wanted to :wq! quickly
> and now I cannot boot.  How can I get into the computer with
> read/write permission to fix this one and a /boot/device.hints error
> that is present here?
> 
> Thanks for any pointers and help/advice.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Antonio
> 
> ===========================
> 
> When I reboot I get:
> 
> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> I press enter and try:
> 
> # mount -a
> mount:  not found
> # mount -urw /
> mount:  not found
> #
> 
> I try
> # /rescue/vi /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> which is the one that is borked, to fix it and remove the "<<<<" that
> present in there, I get
> 
> ex/vi:  Error:  /var/tmp/vi.recover:  Read-only file sytem
> ex/vi:  Modifications not recoverable if the session fails
> ex/vi:  Error:  /etc/defaults/rc.conf:  Read-only file sytem
> ex/vi:  Error:  Unable to create temporary file:  Read-only file system
> 
> I can boot the livedvd for FreeBSD 9.1 or 8.2/8.3 series as I have
> them available.  There used to be the fixit command and I could use
> it.  I try the advice in System Administration chapter of handbook,
> but it does not work here :(
> 
> boot -s
> mount -a
> mount -urw /
> 
> as found in:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/admin.html#rcconf-readonly
> 
> 
> Words of advice and suggestions are greatly appreciated and would get
> me to fix the mess that I started by myself :(
> 
> Regards,




mount -o rw /


Alternatively boot a livefs CD (or martin matuska's mfsbsd) and mount your / partition from there, read-write.