Re: Problem updating from 11.4 to 12.whatever

Yes, I was afraid a re-install was the answer.

Thanks,
Bill Dudley



On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 6:29 PM Erich Dollansky <
freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:35:58 -0500
> William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've successfully updated FreeBSD systems for many revisions, but
> > this one isn't working.  I'm following the instructions here:
> >
> >
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/freebsd-12-released-here-is-how-to-upgrade-freebsd/
> >
> > After a reboot, I run freebsd-update install as requested.
> > All I'm seeing is:
> >
> > bus error (core dumped)
> > ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libmd.so.6: invalid file format
> >
> > And of course nothing works because all the libs and binaries are
> > mismatched.
> > I can't even kill the stupid process because I only have one xterm
> > with root permissions and of course su and sudo are broken.
> >
> > Now what?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill Dudley
>
> get an external media, boot from  there and install FreeBSD from there.
>
> Erich
>