[indiana-discuss] upgrading to an older release

[Brock Pytlik]

W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
>> Marco Falchi wrote:
>>     
>>> Thanks!!!!!
>>> This method works perfectly!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> $ pfexec beadm create snv_109
>>> $ pfexec beadm mount snv_109 /mnt
>>> $ pfexec pkg -R /mnt install
>>>       
>> entire at 0.5.11,5.11-0.109
>>
>> I assume your current environment when executing this
>> was
>> lower than 109; pkg doesn't allow backwards moves...
>>
>> - Bart
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Bart Smaalders			Solaris Kernel Performance
>> barts at cyber.eng.sun.com		http://blogs.sun.com/barts
>> "You will contribute more with mercurial than with
>> thunderbird."
>>     
>
> Easy to get around--just "beadm destroy" it.  :-)  But may be advisable to zpool send a snapshot before destroying it.
>   
I'm not sure what you mean, or how beadm destroy comes into play. pkg 
doesn't allow you to take a BE from 109 to 108 (for example). However, 
if you can boot/mount a BE from 107, you can always take that forward. 
You can also have multiple BE's at the same build on one machine.

Brock