Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var

2009-09-11 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 02:14:55PM -0700, jaymax typed: I have a 6.0 installation without a /var slice. Instead I have a soft link of /usr/var to a /var@ file. Now I am attempting an upgrade to 6.4 and getting an error condition. I am using Disk 1 of the 6.4 distro Upgrade [Upgrade an

Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var

2009-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:55 -0700 (PDT), jaymax jayma...@gmail.com wrote: = Error Messages [i] Error mounting /mnt/dev ad0as1e on /mnt/usr : Input/output error [ii] Error mounting /mnt/dev ad0as1f on /mnt/usr : Input/output error ^^^ This looks weird. Is

Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var

2009-09-11 Thread jaymax
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Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var

2009-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:20 -0700 (PDT), jaymax jayma...@gmail.com wrote: You are correct my typos, they are ad0s1e and ad0s1f for /tmp and /usr respectively; /var is replaced by soft link ln -s /usr/var /var So the problem is /usr cannot be mounted. First of all, just try it manually, as

Upgrading 6.0 to 6.x... without /var

2009-09-10 Thread jaymax
. Strategy for a 6.0 =6.4 upgrade, while maintaining all the previous custom and configuration files? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Upgrading-6.0-to-6.x...-without--var-tp25391151p25391151.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com