TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down.
The short version is, the machine will not enter multi-user mode after we followed the instructions or directions within /usr/src/UPDATING . the SECTION entitled: To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to 5.x - While we are able to enter single-user mode with no apparent issues, attempting to enter multi-user mode yields the following: date init can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0: The above line takes place for all the ttyv's listed in /etc/ttys. We've checked the entries in /etc/ttys as-well-as checked to be sure /usr/libexec/getty was in fact in its proper place with correct permissions. Because this upgrade went sideways we are only soliciting help to reboot into multi-user mode to retrieve the data which our level.0/9 dump(s) failed to get .thereafter we'll do a fresh install and return this machine to service. What can we do at this point to accomplish our goal of booting in to multi-user mode? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down.
Are you sure you've updated all of /etc, particularly the login? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:04:09AM -0400, David Gurvich wrote: Are you sure you've updated all of /etc, particularly the login? Initially no we didn't; because the plan was to do: 4.x -- 5.5 -- 6.3. However, once the machine failed to boot in to multi-user mode, we revisited mergemaster and installed all the newer versions of /etc/*; we are still left with only being able to boot in to single-user mode and 'not' multi-user mode. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:10:24PM +, Christopher Joyner wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Christopher Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:04:09AM -0400, David Gurvich wrote: Are you sure you've updated all of /etc, particularly the login? Initially no we didn't; because the plan was to do: 4.x -- 5.5 -- 6.3. However, once the machine failed to boot in to multi-user mode, we revisited mergemaster and installed all the newer versions of /etc/*; we are still left with only being able to boot in to single-user mode and 'not' multi-user mode. I had a certain problem not to long ago, and running sysinstall in single-user mode, than installing the base installation of the system, that fixed my problem. Do you think installing the base from sysinstall could fix this? Already tried that. We keep getting messages of not being able to find the files for bin even though we type in the direct URL of the ftp:// that houses the archived versions 4.x to 5.x of freebsd, but, it (sysinstall and friends) is able to find the balance of the files; man apges, docs, etc ... We have no interest in save this UPGRADE. We just want to be able to boot in to multi-user mode in order to get some files that dump, for some reason or another, was unable to get on a level 0 or 9. On the other hand, if we can find another network, we'll try and configure the box for LAN access (single-user) and scp what we need, thereafter doing a fresh 'Dangerously Dedicated' install. That is, if we can't get this getty issue temporarily repaired. Your thoughts ... ? I wanted to add, it would probably delete all your configuration files, such as your groups and users. Which is why I did it. For completness, we aren't interested in saving this install, just the files that our dump 0 and 9 failed to get. There is a temp laptop holding on until we can get this machine back online with a fresh install. Thank you for your replies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
