svn commit: r344970 - head

[Enji Cooper]

> On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:27 AM, Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 10:25 AM Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya at gmail.com <mailto:yaneurabeya at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> > On Mar 9, 2019, at 9:17 AM, Warner Losh <imp at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Author: imp
> > Date: Sat Mar  9 17:17:44 2019
> > New Revision: 344970
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344970 <https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344970>
> > 
> > Log:
> >  Misc fixes based on upgrading a laptop from 11.1R to -current
> > 
> >  Add note about needing to start zfs because mount -a doesn't do that.
> >  Add the word 'supported' before 'older branches' for older binaries.
> >  Add note about options in custom config files as well.
> 
> Another item that’s commonly missed is run the hostid rc.d script, e.g.,
> 
> service hostid restart
> 
> If you don’t do that, then the zpool import may fail as the cached hostid might differ between the last export and most current import attempt.
> 
> I always have to do this from ISO-based install media as the temporary path for the cached hostid is not writable on CDs/DVDs.
> 
> That's true, but for the upgrade case the need to run this will be quite rare.

I had to do this before going from a version of 9.x/10.x to 11.x :/.

I’m not disagreeing with you about the rareness; I’m just trying to underscore the fact that I’ve had to do it before, and to be sure the directions are complete, I think it makes sense to mention running that script.

Cheers,
-Enji