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Date:      Wed, 11 May 2005 02:06:38 +0000
From:      db <db@traceroute.dk>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.3->5.4 (ia32) binary upgrade problem
Message-ID:  <200505110206.39122.db@traceroute.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20050510234457.GA66735@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200505110143.18017.db@traceroute.dk> <20050510234457.GA66735@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Tuesday 10 May 2005 23:44, you wrote:
> > I have tried this with two cd's on two computers (both running 5.3).
> > I've downloaded 5.4-disc1
> > run /stand/sysinstall
> > Upgrade (gives me a warning saying the cd is 5.4-release and what I have
> > is 5.3-security) and then:
> > "Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0"
> >
> > So now what? My securelevel is -1 and all filesystems are mounted "rw".
>
> You need to run the 5.4 sysinstall (e.g. by booting the CD), not the
> random old sysinstall you have installed that knows nothing about 5.4.
 
Ok thanks :-) .....I could be wrong but I think I did the 5.2->5.3 upgrade 
like I wrote above :-S

br
db



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