4.8 on i386

[support at solvnet.net]

Hi,
Still haven't resolved the quandry of 8.4 release installation failures on 
my box. Initially in upgrade there are two firewire extraction failures, 
then old data is moved to /tmp/etc . Then lots of installs go on, ports 
get installed, then a number of Xserver dependant files fail to extract. 
Say no to those and we hum a while longer and the a prompt comes 
up to the effect of "hmmmm, couldn't even extract the binary. This 
installation is considered failed. Aborting"

Noe I know there's a big difference in partition size limits between 4.2 
and 4.8 (4.2 caps out at just under 7 MEG/ mount) but not sure what 
else to be crashing it.

 And, last night just for kicks I ran "uname -v" and this showed up

 " FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: thur Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT 2003
   root at freebsd-stable.sentex.ca: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC "

According to this I have 4.8 installed. Can I verify this?

Trying to move forward,
Dan


Date sent:      	Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:03:28 -0600
From:           	"Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
To:             	support at solvnet.net
Copies to:      	freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject:        	Re: 4.8 on i386

> support at solvnet.net wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >Are there issues with trying to install 4.8 on i386 machines? I've tried 
> >upgrading from 4.2 on ISO cd to using the FTP site directly, even tried 
> >a clean install from the ISO but the istall continues to fall apart while 
> >retrieving anything with the Xserver and the binary itself. I just, this 
> >AM, used the FTP direct upgrade (thinking my ISO burn was faulty), 
> >skipped through the Xserve stuff that failed and allegedly did a 
> >successful upgrade. On reboot I get:
> >
> >booting(kernel)...
> >can't load 'kernel'
> >can't load 'kernel.old'
> >no bootable kernel
> >ok
> >
> >I have a Mylex 760 raid card, is this the impediment? The 4.2 is 
> >successful without a hitch. I have an AMI 3.0 bios, a Super p6dgs/dbs 
> >motherboard. I've downloaded the ISO from different FTP sites and 
> >still get the same result from ISO install attempts. Any words for the 
> >unwise here?
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >Dan 
> >
> >support at solvnet.net
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> I won't call you unwise, but it's a loooong way from 4.2
> to 4.8.  If you've still got a 4.2 world and a 4.2 kernel, I'd
> try to use cvsup/makebuildworld/../../../mergemaster (etc.)
> to get to 4.4, then 4.6, then 4.8 or 4.9..............
> 
> Can you explain the phrase "FTP direct upgrade" a little
> more clearly?  Do you mean using /stand/sysinstall?
> 
> You may need to wait until some bigger brains see your
> question....  : (
> 
> Kevin Kinsey
> DaleCo, S.P.
>