Subject: Re: Problems upgrading 1.6 to 1.6.1
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Frank Luedke <frank@luedke.cx>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/05/2003 12:52:17
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:49:03 +0200, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote

> >   I've downloaded the CDs and am now trying to upgrade
> >  from 1.6 to 1.6.1 but the upgrade system does not want
> >  to... 
> > 
> >   I have two partitions; /dev/wd0a as / and /dev/wd0e as /usr.
> >  The upgrade system starts to check the partitions which seems
> >  to be OK (i am answering "mark filesystem as clean" with Y as
> >  there are no errors detected) but then it says 
> >  "unable to mount /" and stops.
> 
> I've seen this problem, too. Workaround: go the shell, unmount everything
> that was on /mnt/... , fsck those to partitions, then _reboot_ into the
> install system to upgrade.
> 
> Somehow, sysinst gets confused when it had to really fsck the fs to upgrade.

  I started the install system from CD (I mean I booted the CD). I
 already looked in the shell but when I look nothing is mounted
 under /mnt. 

  So I will try this today:

  boot from CD, update, wait 'till the error occurs, jump to shell,
 fsck /dev/wd0a and /dev/wd0e, then reboot and see if this solves the
 problem :)

.fl