Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:45:43 -0700 (PDT) From: jcaron@uniserve.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/18207: 3.2-RELEASE to 4.0-RELEASE FTP upgrade fails, trashes /bin Message-ID: <200004251645.JAA91501@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18207 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 3.2-RELEASE to 4.0-RELEASE FTP upgrade fails, trashes /bin >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 25 09:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Justin Caron >Release: 3.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: Can't get the output of uname -a because I no longer have a shell. 3.2-RELEASE upgrading to 4.0-RELEASE >Description: 486 DX2 16M RAM DLink ISA NIC Generic ISA NIC Box serves as a firewall, nothing fancy. When upgrading to 4.0-RELEASE via a FTP upgrade in /stand/sysinstall (ftp.freebsd.org), system crashes during installation of binaries in /bin. I think I got 3 "core dump" messages before the installation process stopped half way through completion. When I reboot the kernel can no longer be loaded, if I load kernel.prev, or the generic kernel it loads and detects devices and then asks me for a shell. I tell it /bin/sh or /bin/csh but it says it can no longer find that file. The /bin directory and sh & csh files are there, I rebooted and listed the contents of the /bin directory. I have concluded that this problem corrupts the /bin directory in some way... probably because it crashes while it's attempting to upgrade those files. >How-To-Repeat: Install 3.2-RELEASE, upgrade binaries to 4.0-RELEASE via FTP upgrade in /stand/sysinstall (ftp.freebsd.org). I've tried it twice, it happened both times, I don't have the patience to try it again. :) >Fix: Nope, sorry. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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