4.8 on i386

[Jeffrey Wheat]

Ignore my last post. The kernel is in the same
location for 4.8. I was looking at a 5.x machine.
Updating the bootstraps may still help all the
same.

Regards,
Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Wheat 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:16 AM
> To: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.; support at solvnet.net
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: 4.8 on i386
> 
> 
> This seems familiar to a problem I had at one
> point. There is a change on location of the 
> kernel so I had to install new bootstraps to
> get around this. See `man disklabel` for info
> on installing the new bootstraps.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:kdk at daleco.biz]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:03 AM
> > To: support at solvnet.net
> > Cc: 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.
> > 
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