Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:20:47 -0500 From: John Adams <jadams01@sprynet.com> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade procedure question Message-ID: <F8A2432C-4C89-11D8-8A68-000393C505EC@sprynet.com> In-Reply-To: <400EA101.7080105@daleco.biz>
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On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 10:55 AM, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > What "install" do you mean? > > Upgrading a la: > > a. cvsup new source > b. make buildworld > c. make buildkernel > d. make installkernel > e. reboot and make installworld > > doesn't touch /etc. You give me far too much credit--I'm working off the ISO images. My problem has also shifted in a way that probably makes this question moot for the moment. While using the fdisk utility in /stand/sysinstall to cut up the 3/4 of the disk I'd left untouched, I seem to have bollixed up the partition on which BSD was installed. I was getting beaucoup errors on console after I did this, and when I reboot, no matter what I try, I get "Invalid partition", "No /boot/loader", and a boot prompt. What happens to my old /etc is now not seeming so important. Is it worth putting the 4.6 CD into the drive and trying to fix this? Or should I grit my teeth, lose the ports I'd downloaded (not many, not much--I was on dial-up), start over with 4.9, and see whether the things I learned from 4.6 are still in my memory? All the best, John A
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