Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:02:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Zeus Daemon <zeus@cookiem.inch.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with upgrade :( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103200137.26439H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103091906.26231B-100000@cookiem.inch.com>
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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
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