Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:15:00 -0400 From: freebsd_user@guice.ath.cx To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down. Message-ID: <20080825121500.GC5047@WORKSTATION.guice.ath.cx>
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The short version is, the machine will not enter multi-user mode after we followed the instructions or directions within /usr/src/UPDATING . the SECTION entitled:
To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to 5.x
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While we are able to enter single-user mode with no apparent issues, attempting to enter multi-user mode yields the following:
<date> init can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0:
The above line takes place for all the ttyv's listed in /etc/ttys. We've checked the entries in /etc/ttys as-well-as checked to be sure /usr/libexec/getty was in fact in its proper place with correct permissions.
Because this upgrade went sideways we are only soliciting help to reboot into multi-user mode to retrieve the data which our level.0/9 dump(s) failed to get .thereafter we'll do a fresh install and return this machine to service.
What can we do at this point to accomplish our goal of booting in to multi-user mode?
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