Modernised use of freebsd-update for minor and major upgrades to FreeBSD

A major upgrade example: 14.4-RELEASE to 15.1-RELEASE

All commands should be run as root.

  • pkg update
  • pkg upgrade -Uy -r FreeBSD pkg
  • freebsd-update fetch
  • freebsd-update install
  • freebsd-update upgrade -r 15.1-RELEASE
  • freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
  • freebsd-update install
  • do not reboot the operating system – ignore the on-screen advice from freebsd-update
  • freebsd-version -kru ; uname -KU
  • /bin/sh
  • export abi=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -p)
  • export osversion=1501000
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    https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/727

    Modernised use of freebsd-update for minor and major upgrades to FreeBSD

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    @mboelen
    This is regarding your wonderful article https://linux-audit.com/kernel/kernel-hardening-disable-and-blacklist-linux-modules/. It is stated in this article

    there is also an alias option. This might be used to redirect a module to /dev/null

    Can you please elaborate on this? How to use block loading of a module when alias is used?

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