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- From: lien@lysator.liu.se (Jan Lien)
- Subject: How to upgrade to pl5?
- Message-ID: <1996@lysator.liu.se>
- Sender: news@lysator.liu.se
- Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.lysator.liu.se
- Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:03:38 GMT
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- I originally downloaded linux 0.97 and got it working from my hard
- disk, without much problems. I have upgraded to 0.98 pl1, by
- compiling it myself, and that works too. Now I have tried upgrading
- to 0.98pl4 and 0.98pl5, but with no success. I can recompile linux
- 0.98-5 with no problems, when I boot with 0.98-1. I boot from
- floppy, so there is no lilo or shoelace or so involved.
-
- The problems start when I boot with 0.98-5. I can log in ok, but:
-
- - I can not compile anything. I use emacs 18.59 (Rick's version
- nic.funet.fi), and M-X compile results in
-
- shell-init: getwd: cannot access parent directories
- make: *** No way to make target 'disk'.
-
- (I can however compile with the same emacs, same command, if I
- boot 0.98-1). I have checked all permissions in superior
- directories, and it is at least r-x. Please note that this
- problem does NOT occur with 0.98-1.
- I have even tried a new bash from HJ Lu Root disk. No change.
-
- (By the way, if I log in as an ordinary user, I get the same
- message shell-init, but it does not prevent login or running
- programs).
-
- - mount does not work. I use mount from HJ Lu root disk. It says
-
- /dev/fd0 already mounted or /mnt busy.
-
- Nothing is mounted, and I have just booted, nothing else has been
- started. It does not help to umount /dev/fd0.
-
- - using old stat() call -r recompile your binary
- OK. This can apparently be solved by recompiling. But before
- the problems described above are solved I seem unable to
- recompile.
-
- What is the recommended way to upgrade from one version to another?
- Must I do: repartition my hard disk, and install everything from
- pre-prepared root floppy disks again?
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