Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 01:26:13 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrade to 2.1.7 Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970223012522.9555C-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970223103858.23979A-100000@python.shoal.net.au>
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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Andrew Perry wrote: > G'day all, > > I'm in the middle of an upgrade to 2.1.7 from 2.1.6, yesterday the line > dropped out and I couldn't re-connect so I tried starting again and didn't > select the distributions that had already been upgraded but when it > finished I got an error saying it couldn't find /etc/fstab and that it > wasn't too happy about it. Any suggestions and what does fstab do anyway? > > So i've started the upgrade again (i'm testing this on my home machine > before upgrading my brother-in-law's proxy server so it doesn't matter if > i stuff it at home as long as i've worked it out by the time I upgrade his > machine!) and now on <alt><f2> i've seend a few of these: > > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/chpass Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/chfn Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/chsh Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/ypchpass Operation not > permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/ypchfn Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/ypchsh Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/login Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/rdist Operation not permitted > /stand/cpio: cannot remove current /usr/bin/su Operation not permitted Could this be a flags problem? Check and make sure that those files aren't set append-only or no-change. You can only remove those flags in single-user mode, btw. > does this mean i'm going to have problems? should i download the sources > as well and make world? > > thanks in advance > andrew perry > andrew@shoal.net.au > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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