5.3->5.4 (ia32) binary upgrade problem

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Tue May 10 16:44:59 PDT 2005


On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 01:43:17AM +0000, db wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have tried this with two cd's on two computers (both running 5.3). 
> I've downloaded 5.4-disc1
> run /stand/sysinstall
> Upgrade (gives me a warning saying the cd is 5.4-release and what I have is 
> 5.3-security) and then:
> "Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0"
> 
> So now what? My securelevel is -1 and all filesystems are mounted "rw".

You need to run the 5.4 sysinstall (e.g. by booting the CD), not the
random old sysinstall you have installed that knows nothing about 5.4.

Kris
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