Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:36:03 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@4EverMail.com>, "'Stanley Hopcroft'" <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.gov.au>, <Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to upgrade from 3.2-RELEASE to 4.3-RELEASE (or recovering from failed upgrade) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011021213603.00f40ae8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01c15a9b$9e9c03e0$6501a8c0@sioux> References: <20011022113842.A590@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
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Can you run restore of old system from your backup... and then start over...??? At 09:48 PM 10.21.2001 -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: >Did you try doing an FTP install from floppy disks? -- Jonathan > >--------------------------------------------------- >Jonathan Slivko - 4EverMail.COM - www.4evermail.com > Web Hosting - Web Desgin - UNIX Shell Accounts > jslivko@4EverMail.com - Phone: (212) 663-1109 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Stanley >Hopcroft >Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 9:39 PM >To: Questions@FreeBSD.ORg >Subject: How to upgrade from 3.2-RELEASE to 4.3-RELEASE (or recovering >from failed upgrade) > >Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, > >Please would you help me recover from a failed upgrade of 3.2-RELEASE to > >4.3-RELEASE ? > >The situation is a Gateway 366 Solo 9000 laptop with 3.2-RELEASE using >'wd' major devices. > >The sysinstall upgrade failed at the last point (when trying to copy the > >new kernel) because the root partition (32MB H) did not have enough >size. > >Since then I have manually booted kernel.GENERIC (from 4.3-R which was >copied) and have a booting system (sym linking /modules and /tmp to /usr > >has made enough space in / for both kernel and kernel.GENERIC) > >However. > >. the machine now, while having upgraded from the CD, no longer >recognises the CD, despite the device driver probe finding acd0 and - >until recently - allowing cd9660 mounts on /dev/acd0c. > >. if I try and change the kernel definition from >ata atadisk atapicd atapifd to only ata or ata0 and ata1 the kernel will > >no longer boot because it can't find the root partion on /dev/ad0 (in >the booting system /etc/fstab has wd0s2 entries - dual boot machine) > >So at the moment I have no CD and therefore it is difficult to even >think of reinstalling or running upgrade again (apart from using NFS). > >Is there anyway I can correct the CD problem ? > >Thank you, > >Yours sincerely > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Stanley Hopcroft IP Australia >Network Specialist >+61 2 6283 3189 +61 2 6281 1353 (FAX) >Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent >revolution inevitable. > -- John F. Kennedy > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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