Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:24:28 +1000 From: "Ivan Carey" <icarey@bigpond.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: how to use fixit to recover 4.3 to 4.6 upgrade Message-ID: <012e01c21e53$505b3a30$0201a8c0@ivan>
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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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to = freebsd=20 4.6.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Firstly I received a message: <FONT=20 face=3D"Courier New" size=3D3>can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for = /dev/ttyv0:=20 no such file or directory</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Following an artilce from OReilly = Information\BSD=20 Tricks Unprepared Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit=20 disk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when you firstly use the fixit disk you = get an=20 instruction: <FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">recommend = symlinking=20 </FONT><CODE><FONT face=3DCourier = color=3D#003366>/mnt/etc/group</FONT></CODE><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"> and </FONT><CODE><FONT face=3DCourier=20 color=3D#003366>/mnt/etc/*pwd.db</FONT></CODE><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman"> to=20 </FONT><CODE><FONT face=3DCourier=20 color=3D#003366>/etc.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366 = size=3D3><CODE>This=20 did not work as I get <FONT face=3DCourier>/mnt/etc/group not=20 found.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE>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.</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366 = size=3D3><CODE>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?</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE>Thanks,</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DCourier color=3D#003366=20 size=3D3><CODE>Ivan</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>= ------=_NextPart_000_012B_01C21EA7.212B4210-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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