From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 3 20:02:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA05559 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:02:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA05541 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:02:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA26509; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:02:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:02:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Zeus Daemon cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with upgrade :( In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Zeus Daemon wrote: > > I've been attempting to upgrade an existing 2.1.7 system to 2.2.5, but > have come up with some very interesting problems. > > I am using a 2.2.5 boot floppy. > > The install starts out fine, I have had a few problems coping /etc to a > safe place, but then i started to backup /etc before the upgrade to make > sure i have a safe copy. At some point / gets full, it seems the upgrade > is coping al the files to /mnt/ but the original dirves are not mounted on > /mnt/ ? Yes, if you don't specify the mountpoints correctly. Most likely you're not specifying your /usr and /var mountpoints too. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major