From freebsd-questions Fri Jun 28 03:24:28 2002 From: "Ivan Carey" Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:24:28 +0000 To: freebsd-questions Subject: how to use fixit to recover 4.3 to 4.6 upgrade X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=freebsd-questions&m=102523493908260 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------=_NextPart_000_012B_01C21EA7.212B4210" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_012B_01C21EA7.212B4210 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to freebsd 4.6. all was going well. I pressed some wrong keys and thought I would be = able to start the process again, but alas I am no nonger able to boot = up. Firstly I received a message: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for = /dev/ttyv0: no such file or directory Following an artilce from OReilly Information\BSD Tricks Unprepared = Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit disk. when you firstly use the fixit disk you get an instruction: recommend = symlinking /mnt/etc/group and /mnt/etc/*pwd.db to /etc. This did not work as I get /mnt/etc/group not found. Following the article I tried to reinstall 4.3 over the top of the = existing partitions no I get a message at boot up:init can't get = /dev/console for controlling terminal: Device not configured. How do I use the fixit floopy to correct these problems or do I delete = all partitions and start again and then download the latest release 4.6 = and makeworld again? Thanks, Ivan ------=_NextPart_000_012B_01C21EA7.212B4210 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to = freebsd=20 4.6.
all was going well. I pressed some = wrong keys and=20 thought I would be able to start the process again, but alas I am no = nonger able=20 to boot up.
Firstly I received a message: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for = /dev/ttyv0:=20 no such file or directory
 
Following an artilce from OReilly = Information\BSD=20 Tricks Unprepared Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit=20 disk.
when you firstly use the fixit disk you = get an=20 instruction: recommend = symlinking=20 /mnt/etc/group and /mnt/etc/*pwd.db to=20 /etc.
 
This=20 did not work as I get /mnt/etc/group not=20 found.
 
Following the article I tried to reinstall 4.3 over the = top of the=20 existing partitions no I get a message at boot up:init can't get = /dev/console=20 for controlling terminal: Device not = configured.
 
How=20 do I use the fixit floopy to correct these problems or do I delete all=20 partitions and start again and then download the latest release 4.6 and=20 makeworld again?
 
Thanks,
Ivan
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