Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:16:24 -0600 From: support@solvnet.net To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 on i386 Message-ID: <3FA3C038.12847.A2CE62@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3F9FD6C0.3000406@daleco.biz> References: <3F9F8013.3758.457A93@localhost>
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Hi, Still haven't resolved the quandry of 8.4 release installation failures on my box. Initially in upgrade there are two firewire extraction failures, then old data is moved to /tmp/etc . Then lots of installs go on, ports get installed, then a number of Xserver dependant files fail to extract. Say no to those and we hum a while longer and the a prompt comes up to the effect of "hmmmm, couldn't even extract the binary. This installation is considered failed. Aborting" Noe I know there's a big difference in partition size limits between 4.2 and 4.8 (4.2 caps out at just under 7 MEG/ mount) but not sure what else to be crashing it. And, last night just for kicks I ran "uname -v" and this showed up " FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: thur Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT 2003 root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC " According to this I have 4.8 installed. Can I verify this? Trying to move forward, Dan Date sent: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:03:28 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: support@solvnet.net Copies to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 on i386 > support@solvnet.net wrote: > > >Hello, > >Are there issues with trying to install 4.8 on i386 machines? I've tried > >upgrading from 4.2 on ISO cd to using the FTP site directly, even tried > >a clean install from the ISO but the istall continues to fall apart while > >retrieving anything with the Xserver and the binary itself. I just, this > >AM, used the FTP direct upgrade (thinking my ISO burn was faulty), > >skipped through the Xserve stuff that failed and allegedly did a > >successful upgrade. On reboot I get: > > > >booting(kernel)... > >can't load 'kernel' > >can't load 'kernel.old' > >no bootable kernel > >ok > > > >I have a Mylex 760 raid card, is this the impediment? The 4.2 is > >successful without a hitch. I have an AMI 3.0 bios, a Super p6dgs/dbs > >motherboard. I've downloaded the ISO from different FTP sites and > >still get the same result from ISO install attempts. Any words for the > >unwise here? > > > >thanks, > > > >Dan > > > >support@solvnet.net > > > > > > > > > I won't call you unwise, but it's a loooong way from 4.2 > to 4.8. If you've still got a 4.2 world and a 4.2 kernel, I'd > try to use cvsup/makebuildworld/../../../mergemaster (etc.) > to get to 4.4, then 4.6, then 4.8 or 4.9.............. > > Can you explain the phrase "FTP direct upgrade" a little > more clearly? Do you mean using /stand/sysinstall? > > You may need to wait until some bigger brains see your > question.... : ( > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. >
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