From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 22:25:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB7B16A4CE; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B45D43D36; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:25:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA946103; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:25:55 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: FreeBSD-questions Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:25:55 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200312121717.27412.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200312121717.27412.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312121725.55208.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:25:58 -0000 On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:17 pm, paul van den bergen wrote: > Hi... > snip... I stuffed up... > # vnconfig vn1 /path/to/freebsd4.9/floppies/boot.flp > # mkdir /bootfloppy > # mount_mfs /dev/vn1c /bootfloppy/ ^^^^^^^^^ does not work... try simply # mount /dev/vn1c /bootfloppy/ -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824