Re: 4.99.20 install/upgrade no longer works

["Michael L. Hitch" <mhitch%lightning.msu.montana.edu@localhost>]

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009, Frank Wille wrote:

> did anybody try to install/upgrade with miniroot from the a current source
> snapshot? This is what happens (with 4.99.20):

  4.99.20?  There's either a time warp somewhere or you've got really old 
sources.  4.99.20 is over 2 years old.

  Perhaps you mean 5.99.20?

> (I)nstall or (U)pgrade?
> md_welcome_banner: not found
> Proceed with the upgrade? [n] getresp: not found
> md_not_going_to_install: not found
> md_set_term: not found
> md_makerootwritable: not found
> getrootdisk: not found
> getrootdisk: not found
> getrootdisk: not found
> getrootdisk: not found
> getrootdisk: not found

  I don't see this at all.  I tried the autobuild files for 200910140000Z,
the -current I had handy, and just upgraded that -current to today.  All
seemed to work find.

> After "root file system type: ffs" it displays five empty lines and then:
> "Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:".
>
> I tried to debug the rc script, but I have idea what's going on... :|

  There was a short thread on current-users that sounded similar, with the 
only responce being that a /bin/sh problem had a problem that exhibited 
this symptom, but should have been fixed.

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Michael L. Hitch                        mhitch%montana.edu@localhost
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University        Bozeman, MT     USA