Debian bug report logs - #1617 R6 intstall from R5 Package: (base) ; Reported by: karl@tower.com.au; 22 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `base' to `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From pixar.com!bruce Mon Oct 9 14:18:18 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2PaT-000Gn3C; Mon, 9 Oct 95 14:18 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13879 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 14:17:55 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2PaF-000DNhC; Mon, 9 Oct 95 14:18 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Ian Murdock , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: bruce@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1617: R6 intstall from R5 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Oct 1995 15:50:00 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 14:18:03 -0700 From: Bruce Perens Ian, Please make the root disk create /sbin/unconfigured.sh on the hard disk just before it extracts the base floppies. I will remove it from the base once you upload the root disk that does this. Thanks Bruce -- -- Attention Radio Amateurs: For information on "Linux for Hams", -- read the WWW page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, -- or e-mail the word "help" to info@hams.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Perens : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1617 ; Package base . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From debian.org!imurdock Mon Oct 9 13:47:20 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2P6W-0008n0C; Mon, 9 Oct 95 13:47 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11868 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:46:56 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 9 Oct 95 15:50 EST Message-Id: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 15:50 EST From: Ian Murdock To: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: (karl@tower.com.au) Subject: Re: Bug#1617: R6 intstall from R5 For this reason, I think it would be a really good idea to remove /sbin/unconfigured.sh from the base package. We can get it into the installed system by either copying it separate from any package into the base system, or by coping it from the installation program to the proper location once the base system is installed. The only time it is used is during initial installation--it shouldn't affect upgrading an already-installed system. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Murdock : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1617 ; Package base . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tower.com.au!karl Mon Oct 9 03:35:02 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2FXy-000CykC; Mon, 9 Oct 95 03:35 PDT Received: from orion.tower.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA04651 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 03:34:27 -0700 Received: by orion.tower.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 9 Oct 95 18:34 WST Message-Id: From: karl@tower.com.au (Karl Ferguson) Subject: R6 intstall from R5 To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 18:34:22 +0800 (WST) Reply-To: karl@tower.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1498 Package: base Version: 0.93.6-8 Hi... When the ftp.debian.org mirror site opened up to allow R6 to come out, I nabbed it as any mirror site should. Now, I installed the above package in base thinking that THAT was what I needed to upgrade to the R6 system since I've already installed the latest version of all the packages etc etc. It prompted me if I wanted to install a new /etc/passwd etc etc of which i said no, and installed normally. Then today, I had a power surge - to computers turned off and rebooted. I got a rude message at bootup saying that i had to install the R6 basedisk or configure it or something. Now, HOW the hell can I get the basedisk onto a floppy when I cant boot up my box to get the image? :-) Solution was to boot (luckily I had one) a R5 boot/rootdisk and mount the root FS - then moving the file '/sbin/unconfigured.sh' to something else and reboot again. That was most annoying - but at least I worked around the problem - we shouldnt really need to boot of a R6 basedisk to install R6 from R5 should we? Of course I could be completely mis-informed, if so, tell me and I'll shoot myself in the foot :-) Regards ...Karl -- ________________________ | PO Box 828 Office: (09)316-3036 Fax: (09)381-3909 |OWER INTERNET SERVICES Canning Bridge After Hours: 015-779-828 WA, 6153 Sales Support: sales@tower.com.au Internet Service Providers and Networking Solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to karl@tower.com.au : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1617 ; Package base . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov