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Subject: how to use fixit to recover 4.3 to 4.6 upgrade
From: "Ivan Carey" <icarey () bigpond ! com>
Date: 2002-06-28 3:24:28
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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
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to freebsd
4.6.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Firstly I received a message: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=3>can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for /dev/ttyv0:
no such file or directory</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following an artilce from OReilly Information\BSD
Tricks Unprepared Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit
disk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>when you firstly use the fixit disk you get an
instruction: <FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">recommend symlinking
</FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier color=#003366>/mnt/etc/group</FONT></CODE><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> and </FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier
color=#003366>/mnt/etc/*pwd.db</FONT></CODE><FONT face="Times New Roman"> to
</FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier
color=#003366>/etc.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>This
did not work as I get <FONT face=Courier>/mnt/etc/group not
found.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE>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.</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>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?</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE>Thanks,</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366
size=3><CODE>Ivan</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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