Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 03:19:44 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Charles Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a 4.5R FS during 5.2.1 installation Message-ID: <20040315021944.GA1209@alex.lan> In-Reply-To: <20040313103255.V4605-100000@tomato.local> References: <20040313103255.V4605-100000@tomato.local>
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On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:56:34AM -0500, Charles Bacon wrote: > Situation: An old remotherboarded PC, Tomato, has an old 4.5R > on a 20GB disk. I also have an unused 2940 SCSI controller and > a 2GB SCSI disk. On my LAN there's another old remoboed box, > Daisy, with a functioning CD. > > I tried NFS-mounting it during the 5.2.1R installation ceremony. > NG (Operation not permitted). > > Tried copying the CD onto Tomato's 4.5 system, then mounting > /cdrom1 as /xmnt. Again, Operation not Permitted. > > Finally, moved the good CD drive from Daisy to Tomato. Bingo. > Installation went fine until inodes exhausted. But kernel was > never installed! It gets done after everything else! > > Problem: no info why "Operation not permitted". Finally found > that fsck was needed on the 40GB (although nothing was wrong). > > BIG PROBLEM: Is there a safe way to mount a 4.5 FS onto 5.2.1? > It seemed to work OK, but later, booting the 4.5 system, fsck > complained bigtime. Trashed boot block, so used the one at 32. > > For a while I'd like to be able to dual-boot 4.5 and 5.2.1, before > committing my 40GB disk to 5.x. Suggestions? > > AND THANKS FOR RESPONSES I'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST! Dear Chuck, I would go for the NFS mounting. Is it posible that you didn't setup the NFS server correctly? The handbook has a good section on this topic! -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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