Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 22:52:58 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: harpo@javanet.com (John Szumowski) Cc: helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade buggy sysinstall? Message-ID: <199708102052.WAA00215@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <33EE1F9A.3443539A@javanet.com> from John Szumowski at "Aug 10, 97 04:07:54 pm"
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> Wolfgang Helbig wrote: > > > [snip] > > The ERRATA.TXT in the 2.2.2-RELEASE directory on the FreeBSD > > mirrors says it all: > [snip] > > o sysconfig scrambles rc.conf if run again. > > > > Fix: Get updated /usr/src from RELENG_2_2 branch and build > > /usr/src/release/sysinstall, copying the new binary to /stand. > > > > If you do not have enough space for src then you could also > > use the boot/fixit floppy combo from a later 2.2-YYMMDD-RELENG > > release to simply mount your root partition (using the Fixit > > option) and copy /stand/sysinstall from the floppy to /stand on > > your root fs. > [snip] > > > > Wolfgang > Yeah, I read that. The point was I didn't want to get all of the updates > to the source tree if I could avoid doing so. > All I'm looking for is the couple of c files or whatever needed to build > myself a copy of the newer sysinstall. (FTP directory?) > I did try the floppy- but when I mounted it under freebsd, there wasn't > any "stand" directory... As far as I know, you need to boot from the latest FreeBSD 2.2-stable boot floppy, configure the kernel (again :-( ...) and select ``Fixit'' from the installation menu. After you find yourself in a shell you should mount your disk's root partition. For example if it's on wd0 you should enter # mount /dev/wd0a /mnt Then you copy the new sysinstall from /stand/sysinstall to /mnt/stand/sysinstall. Leave the shell (enter exit), exit the installation, reboot from your disk and you should be done. You'll find the latest boot.flp/fixit.flp on FreeBSD/2.2-970801-RELENG/floppies on any FreeBSD mirror. Hope this helps Wolfgang
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