Quick Upgrade from FreeBSD 7.0 to 7.1

In general, the article was written more for myself - not to forget, but it may come in handy.

I wanted to upgrade FreeBSD from version 7.0-GENERIC-p11 to the latest 7.1-GENERIC-p4.
Of course, there was no desire to assemble a core from sors, so I decided to update automatically.
So, the commands (we execute as root):

[root @ server ~] # freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade The

updater will check the system and ask if it is suitable for such and such modules to be updated, but such and such will not. We answer yes, then the download of updates will begin - a lot, I got 32850 packets - we are waiting for the end of the process. It may drag on for several hours.

[root @ server ~] # freebsd-update install

We begin the installation of downloaded updates. At the end, he will ask you to check the changed configs (I strongly recommend editing right away) and reboot. A kernel update is in progress.

[root @ server ~] # shutdown -r now

Reboot ;-)
In some cases (I didn’t understand the reason for the bug) after reboot the system does not find the kernel loader and prompts you to enter the path to it. Enter / boot / loader - and voila!

[root @ server ~] # freebsd-update install

Install the remaining updates.
Quest done!

We carry out all actions at our own peril and risk, of course.