From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 00:07:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B877216A4CE for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 00:07:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6336443D53 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 00:07:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 18A395133E; Tue, 10 May 2005 17:07:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 17:07:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: db Message-ID: <20050511000749.GA70634@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200505110143.18017.db@traceroute.dk> <20050510234457.GA66735@xor.obsecurity.org> <200505110206.39122.db@traceroute.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505110206.39122.db@traceroute.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: 5.3->5.4 (ia32) binary upgrade problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 00:07:51 -0000 --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 02:06:38AM +0000, db wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 23:44, you wrote: > > > I have tried this with two cd's on two computers (both running 5.3). > > > I've downloaded 5.4-disc1 > > > run /stand/sysinstall > > > Upgrade (gives me a warning saying the cd is 5.4-release and what I h= ave > > > is 5.3-security) and then: > > > "Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0" > > > > > > So now what? My securelevel is -1 and all filesystems are mounted "rw= ". > > > > You need to run the 5.4 sysinstall (e.g. by booting the CD), not the > > random old sysinstall you have installed that knows nothing about 5.4. > =20 > Ok thanks :-) .....I could be wrong but I think I did the 5.2->5.3 upgrad= e=20 > like I wrote above :-S Lucky you that it worked :) Kris --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCgUzVWry0BWjoQKURAmxUAJ91bTgnz181kep8U0Iyh0o/5fJrNQCgw55B DtLo41y+FkRCLUIqWK5mTlQ= =I0QK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--