Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:53:28 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Greg Rowe <greg@uswest.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 BETA Upgrade Problem Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970108135227.8060A-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9701081115.ZM12694@nevis.oss.uswest.net>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Greg Rowe wrote: > Has anyone seen a problem with 2.2 BETA upgrade procedure using NFS ? If I do > an upgrade using NFS, as soon as it gets to the point of installing the > distributions, it immediately comes back with a "Couldn't extract the following > distributions" (all distributions are listed) error. The debug screen shows > that the device was mounted to /dist but ls'ing /dist gives a "Stale NFS file > handle" error. If I create another directory(while still in the install shell) > and try doing the mount again, the mount command completes with no error but > again ls'ing produces the "Stale NFS file handle" error. > > I've tried upgrading two different systems, from two different NFS servers > with the same results. Both NFS servers contain the 2.1.6 Release directory and > that upgrade works fine. I can upgrade another system if you need me to test > anything. Thanks. I just used nfs to load my new machine from an existing one. Didn't have to go out of my little 2 machine net, but it worked line a charm. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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