Installworld fails...

Parv parv at pair.com
Wed Apr 28 18:25:10 PDT 2004


in message <4090383D.4060409 at africanchildrenschoir.com>,
wrote Max Clements thusly...
>
> I know I am overlooking something obvious with this question but some 
> other eyes would probably spot the error in a sec. My installworld is 
> failing as follows:
> 
> mkdir -p /tmp/install.45460
> for prog in [ awk cap_mkdb cat chflags chmod chown  date echo egrep find 
> grep  ln make makewhati
> s mkdir mtree mv perl pwd_mkdb rm sed sh sysctl  test true uname wc zic; 
> do  cp `which
> $prog` /tmp/install.45460;  done
> usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src target
>        cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory
> *** Error code 64
> 
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/src.

Did you have /tmp mounted read+write befoere starting the install?
Well, that has been the operator error whenever installworld fails
here (w/ similar message).


  - Parv

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