From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 11 20:36:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0493106566C for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C278FC17 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-27-155.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.27.155]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095FE1E63C; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:36:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n8BKamP7002210; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:36:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:36:48 +0200 From: Polytropon To: jaymax Message-Id: <20090911223648.84368cfe.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <25391151.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25391151.post@talk.nabble.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:50 -0000 On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:55 -0700 (PDT), jaymax wrote: > =>> Error Messages > [i] "Error mounting /mnt/dev ad0as1e on /mnt/usr : Input/output error" > [ii] "Error mounting /mnt/dev ad0as1f on /mnt/usr : Input/output error" ^^^^^^^ This looks weird. Is this for real? Partition names should be ad0s1e (or f), not ad0*a*s1e (or f). Have you specified the correct device names? > Then tries to a form a holographic shell > asks for directory to save current /etc?, prompts with /var/tmp/etc, I > changed it to "/usr/tmp2/etc" => "Unable to backup your /etc int > /usr/tmp2/etc. Do you want to continue anyway?" > Opt'd out w/ a No! selection. > > Could this problem result from the absence of a /var partition ? No, but the system can neither access /var (even as a symlink), nor can it access /usr because it isn't mounted - as far as it seems to me. > Is there an alt. Strategy for a 6.0 =>6.4 upgrade, while maintaining all the > previous custom and configuration files? You could first start with a live system CD (FreeBSD's own one or FreeSBIE), then mount / and /usr (where /var does exist) and copy the important subtrees, such as /etc, /var/db/pkg and /usr/local/etc. You can then overwrite everything and reinstall your configuration files manually. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...