Upgrading from 6.4 to 7.2

[Willem Jan Withagen]

Helge.Oldach at atosorigin.com wrote:
> Willem,
> 
> Willem Jan Withagen wrote on Friday, July 31, 2009 2:07 PM:
>> Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
>>> Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
>>>> Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
>>>>> With a 6.4 of last night....
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I guess 6.4 -> 7.2 needs to go via 7.0 ??
>>>> It is already fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/195987
>>>> 
>>> cvsupped last night at 1:00 +1 So the apha-particle strikes again. ;)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'll update, and rerun.
>> We'll I got 1 step further.
>> 
>> Kernel is build, but refuses to install,
> 
> <cut>
> 
>> ===> accf_http (install) install -o root -g wheel -m 555   accf_http.ko
>> /boot/kernel install -o root -g wheel -m 555   accf_http.ko.symbols
>> /boot/kernel kldxref /boot/kernel kldxref: file isn't
>> dynamically-linked kldxref: file isn't dynamically-linked kldxref: file
>> isn't dynamically-linked
> 
> Are you sure the kernel does not install? I have recently source-upgraded
> a bunch of systems straight from 6-STABLE to 7-STABLE, constantly
> observed this error, but kernel and modules did install properly, and the
> machines booted up as smoothly as expected. Most of them with gmirror,
> BTW.

Well the server is in a colo, so I'm sort of hesistant to try just that 
while I'm not standing next to it....

So one of the suggestions I like is, to actually build with geom hard fixed 
in the kernel. But I can not trivially find the option to include in the 
kernelconfig

--WjW