Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 13:34:11 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> To: Freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Another 2.1.7 upgrade & no bin dist Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970329132428.206A-100000@jbarrm.dialup.access.net>
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I just finished another CDROM upgrade. I suppose it would be 2.1.7 -> 2.1.7 this time, except that the bin distribution still could not be installed. The message at the end was the same as last week: Couldn't extract the following distributions: bin catpages and We couldn't even extract the bin distribution. This upgrade should be considered a failure and started from the beginning. This time I used the boot.flp that was on the installation CD, rather than using the one from ftp.freebsd.org, as I did last week. The boot.flp image was placed on the floppy with: dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0 The actual steps I went through are listed at the end, but more interesting are the DEBUG messages from VTY2. Below are the last few lines from VTY2, the buffer only goes back so far. I copied these by hand and believe they are accurate: DEBUG: Request for compat20/compat20.inf from CDROM DEBUG: Request for compat20/compat20.tgz from CDROM DEBUG: Notify: Extracting conpat20 into / directory... usr usr/lib usr/lib/compat (several other files listed) 81 blocks DEBUG: Request for compat21/compat21.inf from CDROM DEBUG: Request for compat21/compat21.tgz from CDROM DEBUG: Notify: Extracting compat21 into / directory... tmp/junk 1 block DEBUG: distExtract: parent: (none), me: bin DEBUG: Request for bin/bin.inf from CDROM DEBUG: Parsing attributes file for distribution bin DEBUG: Parse config: Invalid character 'P' at line 0 DEBUG: Finished parsing 0 attributes DEBUG: Trying to match attribute `pieces' DEBUG: Request for catpages/catpages.inf from CDROM DEBUG: Request for catpages/catpages.tgz from CDROM DEBUG: switching back to VTY1 Actually, the "parse config" line appeared on screen as: DEBUG: Parse config: Invalid character 'P' at line 0DEBUG: Finished parsing 0 attributes It may not mean anything, other than a newline wasn't used after the "0", causing the linewrap. As promised, here are the steps I used this time: 1) Boot system with boot.flp, installation CD already in drive. This is a Plextor scsi cd connected to a 1542cf. 2) "Kernel Configuration Menu" chose "skip kernel configuration..." 3) Devices probed, aha0 recognized, Plextor recognized 4) "Welcome To FreeBSD" menu. I chose option #9 Upgrade 5) Upgrade procedure listed, "User Confirmation Requested" <yes> 6) Message: "You haven't specified any distributions yet. The Upgrade procedure will only upgrade those portions......." 7) Distribution Menu. I chose Custom, choosing everything in Custom except for XF86. (bin was definitely chosen here) 8) Message: "ok, first we're going to go to the disk label editor....." 9) file systems MOUNTED. Pressed "Q" 10) "Information Dialog" box, integrity checked, fscking,... 11) Message: "Media type not set! Please select a media type..." 12) CDROM chosen, /etc is saved in /usr/tmp/etc 13) I switch to VTY2 to watch the fun. Thats about it. This is a noname Intel based 486 DX2/66 with ide drives, and scsi cd & tape. One other note, this time /etc maintained the correct permissions of 755, where last week it was 700 after the upgrade. Anyway, my main question is, why no bin distribution? Thanks, Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com >--->--->--->--->---> FreeBSD 2.1.7-R <---<---<---<---<---<
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