On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:55 -0700 (PDT), jaymax <[email protected]> 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 this for real? Partition names should be ad0s1e (or f), not ad0*a*s1e (or f). Have you specified the correct device names?
> Then tries to a form a holographic shell > asks for directory to save current /etc?, prompts with /var/tmp/etc, I > changed it to "/usr/tmp2/etc" => "Unable to backup your /etc int > /usr/tmp2/etc. Do you want to continue anyway?" > Opt'd out w/ a No! selection. > > Could this problem result from the absence of a /var partition ? No, but the system can neither access /var (even as a symlink), nor can it access /usr because it isn't mounted - as far as it seems to me. > Is there an alt. Strategy for a 6.0 =>6.4 upgrade, while maintaining all the > previous custom and configuration files? You could first start with a live system CD (FreeBSD's own one or FreeSBIE), then mount / and /usr (where /var does exist) and copy the important subtrees, such as /etc, /var/db/pkg and /usr/local/etc. You can then overwrite everything and reinstall your configuration files manually. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
