From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 20:00:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFE816A420 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A0C43D46 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2VK0Wm1075239 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2VK0WF2075233; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:32 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200603312000.k2VK0WF2075233@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Christoph Weber-Fahr Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2680D16A420 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:53:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wefa@nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de) Received: from nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de (nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de [145.253.194.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A15143D60 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:53:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wefa@nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de) Received: from nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de (localhost.nexgo.lab.arcor.de [127.0.0.1]) by nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2VJrZFG051806 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:53:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wefa@nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de) Received: (from wefa@localhost) by nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id k2VJrYD2051805; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:53:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wefa) Message-Id: <200603311953.k2VJrYD2051805@nxcon.tnd.lab.arcor.de> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:53:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Christoph Weber-Fahr To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: i386/95165: 6.1 Beta 4 ISO (386) fails upgrade and destroys old install X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Christoph Weber-Fahr List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:34 -0000 >Number: 95165 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 6.1 Beta 4 ISO (386) fails upgrade and destroys old install >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 31 20:00:31 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christoph Weber-Fahr >Release: FreeBSD 6.1 beta4 >Organization: Arcor AG >Environment: no environment string available - system is unusable until completely reinstalled (or possibly manually repaired.) HW is a HP Proliant DL380 G3 >Description: The upgrade function fails to complete and renders the system unusable. I tried to binary ugrade a 4.11-RELEASE-p9 system which was working fine. Precise problem is that is complains about a write error with the base install set. Looking at F2 reveals that the "error" is a "permission denied" while trying to unpack/move /stand/gunzip One thing I noted is that the install set uses leading "/" - maybe it tries to overwrite the cd or the mfs instead of writing to the target disk. whatever you do the base distribution install is aborted here and sysinstall continues with the bin distribution. later it retries with the same problem. After reboot the system is unusable. trying the same with the 5.4-RELEASE cd works just fine. Another issue: apparently the beta4 ISOs do not conatain any packages. for X.org sysinstall complains about a missing index file. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: