On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Richard Toohey
<richardtoohey@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

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> OK, I've tried it and cannot reproduce what you see.  I've never done
> an upgrade from bsd.rd before, so wanted to give it a go.
>
> Obviously something different with your set-up, or where you got the files
> from, or factor X - but as other people have said, they can't guess what.
>
> In short - the basic bsd.rd "follow these instructions" worked for me here.
>
> OK, I start with 4.6 amd64 (either 4.6 or just pre-4.6 release)
>
> uname -a
> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.6 GENERIC#0 amd64
>
> But before I upgrade, what's /sbin/pfctl?
>
> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  bin  492664 Dec  3 23:12 /sbin/pfctl
> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl
> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 3e1fa4f69809adff432f9da62010a6a7
>
> http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade47.html
>
> "One easy way to boot from the install kernel is to place the 4.7 version of
bsd.rd in the root of your boot drive, then instruct the
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>  boot loader to boot using this new bsd.rd file. On amd64 and i386, you do
this by entering "boot bsd.rd" at the initial boot> prompt."
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>
> OK, I'll get the bsd.rd from the 4.7 release CD (but could have used FTP.)
>
> /usr/bin/su root
> mv /bsd.rd /bsd46.rd
> mount /dev/cd0a /mnt/
> cp /mnt/4.7/amd64/bsd.rd /bsd.rd
> umount /mnt
> eject /dev/cd0a
> reboot
> ... boot > boot bsd.rd
> ... Welcome to the OpenBSD/amd64 4.7 installation program.
> ... I choose upgrade ... take defaults all the way until ...
> Location of sets?  [What do I do here?  I'll try http, and take the
defaults.  What did YOU do here?]
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> bsd, bsd.rd, base47.tgz, misc47.tgz, comp47.tgz, man47.tgz, game47.tgz,
xbase47.tgz
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> xshare47.tgz, xfont47.tgz, xserv47.tgz ... all get to 100% no errors.
> ... rest of install, reboot ...
> $ uname -a
> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.7 GENERIC#112 amd64
> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  bin  500856 Mar 18 15:36 /sbin/pfctl
> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl
> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 7720c9a4dc100fe29d2d3c4a16954eb4

Thanks, Richard.

No, you couldn't encounter it.
It comes in later.
I have now the whole upgrade session of my third machine, the log is > 2 MB.
Whenever I rebooted, it was okay:
1. reboot to start bsd.rd - okay
2. reboot directly after bsd.rd upgrade - okay
3. reboot after 'Final steps', before pkg_add - okay
4. reboot after 'Upgrading packages' - okay
5. reboot after patching - old files and wrong timestamps - bummer, as
Theo might say.

I wonder if I can put the file up into the open, or if it contains
security-related matter.??
As bz2 it is just 91 k; I will of course make it available to
individuals on request.

Uwe