Yes, that was it... The bootcmd was set to 'fatload usb 0 $loadaddr bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=/dev/sd0', which I had to change to 'fatload usb 0 $loadaddr boot; bootoctlinux rootdev=/dev/sd0' and then the upgrade went through fine.
Thanks for the help, Theo. -Amarendra erl$ dmesg [ using 746200 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2020 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. https://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 6.8 (GENERIC.MP) #322: Sun Oct 4 21:22:50 MDT 2020 [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/octeon/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 536870912 (512MB) avail mem = 521469952 (497MB) random: good seed from bootblocks mainbus0 at root: board 20002 rev 2.18, model CN3xxx/CN5xxx cpu0 at mainbus0: CN50xx CPU rev 0.1 500 MHz, Software FP emulation cpu0: cache L1-I 32KB 4 way D 16KB 64 way, L2 128KB 8 way clock0 at mainbus0: int 5 octcrypto0 at mainbus0 iobus0 at mainbus0 simplebus0 at iobus0: "soc" octciu0 at simplebus0 octsmi0 at simplebus0 octpip0 at simplebus0 octgmx0 at octpip0 interface 0 cnmac0 at octgmx0: port 0 RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c0 atphy0 at cnmac0 phy 7: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 cnmac1 at octgmx0: port 1 RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c1 atphy1 at cnmac1 phy 6: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 cnmac2 at octgmx0: port 2 RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c2 atphy2 at cnmac2 phy 5: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 com0 at simplebus0: ns16550a, 64 byte fifo com0: console dwctwo0 at iobus0 base 0x1180068000000 irq 56 usb0 at dwctwo0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Octeon DWC2 root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 octrng0 at iobus0 base 0x1400000000000 irq 0 umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Lexar USB Flash Drive" rev 2.10/11.00 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Lexar, USB Flash Drive, 1100> removable serial.21c40cd1719080003000 sd0: 30526MB, 512 bytes/sector, 62517248 sectors vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (2124441bc835a462.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 8:14 AM Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: > your PROM is likely setup to boot a "bsd" kernel in the msdos partition, > rather than the "boot" file. The "boot" file will load /bsd from the ffs > partition. > > Amarendra Godbole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So I used sysupgrade to upgrade the ERL from 6.7 to 6.8. It went through > > everything fine, downloaded the sets, extracts, etc. and reboots. > However, > > it boots back into the old 6.7 kernel. I can see /bsd.upgrade created, > and > > /home/_sysupgrade is empty. but did not see any option to trigger the > > upgrade. I thought it should have been automatically handled by > sysupgrade. > > > > What did I miss? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Amarendra > > > > > > erl# uname -a > > OpenBSD erl.lan 6.7 GENERIC.MP#134 octeon > > > > erl# ls -l > > total 79128 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 578 May 7 2020 .cshrc > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 468 May 7 2020 .profile > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 7 2020 altroot > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 160 Mar 31 00:08 auto_upgrade.conf > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 May 7 2020 bin > > -rwx------ 1 root wheel 7626800 Mar 31 00:10 bsd > > -rwx------ 1 root wheel 7623592 Mar 31 00:01 bsd.booted > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 8843608 May 7 2020 bsd.rd > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 7568260 May 7 2020 bsd.sp > > -rwx------ 1 root wheel 8823044 Mar 31 00:09 bsd.upgrade > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 18432 Mar 31 00:10 dev > > drwxr-xr-x 23 root wheel 2048 Mar 31 00:11 etc > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Oct 15 21:09 home > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 7 2020 mnt > > drwx------ 3 root wheel 512 Mar 31 01:30 root > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1536 May 7 2020 sbin > > lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 11 May 7 2020 sys -> usr/src/sys > > drwxrwxrwt 6 root wheel 512 Mar 31 07:45 tmp > > drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 Sep 7 2020 usr > > drwxr-xr-x 23 root wheel 512 May 7 2020 var > > erl# > > > > erl# dmesg > > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > Copyright (c) 1995-2020 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. > > https://www.OpenBSD.org > > > > OpenBSD 6.7 (GENERIC.MP) #134: Thu May 7 16:05:06 MDT 2020 > > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/octeon/compile/ > GENERIC.MP > > real mem = 536870912 (512MB) > > avail mem = 506740736 (483MB) > > mainbus0 at root: board 20002 rev 2.18 > > cpu0 at mainbus0: CN50xx CPU rev 0.1 500 MHz, Software FP emulation > > cpu0: cache L1-I 32KB 4 way D 16KB 64 way, L2 128KB 8 way > > cpu1 at mainbus0: CN50xx CPU rev 0.1 500 MHz, Software FP emulation > > cpu1: cache L1-I 32KB 4 way D 16KB 64 way, L2 128KB 8 way > > clock0 at mainbus0: int 5 > > octcrypto0 at mainbus0 > > iobus0 at mainbus0 > > simplebus0 at iobus0: "soc" > > octciu0 at simplebus0 > > octsmi0 at simplebus0 > > octpip0 at simplebus0 > > octgmx0 at octpip0 interface 0 > > cnmac0 at octgmx0: RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c0 > > atphy0 at cnmac0 phy 7: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 > > cnmac1 at octgmx0: RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c1 > > atphy1 at cnmac1 phy 6: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 > > cnmac2 at octgmx0: RGMII, address 78:8a:20:46:a8:c2 > > atphy2 at cnmac2 phy 5: AR8035 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 2 > > com0 at simplebus0: ns16550a, 64 byte fifo > > com0: console > > dwctwo0 at iobus0 base 0x1180068000000 irq 56 > > usb0 at dwctwo0: USB revision 2.0 > > uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Octeon DWC2 root hub" rev > > 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > > octrng0 at iobus0 base 0x1400000000000 irq 0 > > /dev/ksyms: Symbol table not valid. > > umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Lexar USB Flash > Drive" > > rev 2.10/11.00 addr 2 > > umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only > > scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 > > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Lexar, USB Flash Drive, 1100> removable > > serial.21c40cd1719080003000 > > sd0: 30526MB, 512 bytes/sector, 62517248 sectors > > vscsi0 at root > > scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets > > softraid0 at root > > scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets > > boot device: sd0 > > root on sd0a (2124441bc835a462.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b > > WARNING: No TOD clock, believing file system. > > WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! >
