[18281] in Athena Bugs
sun4 8.3.29: update_ws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Sep 15 14:43:22 2000
Message-Id: <200009151843.OAA23762@multics.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:43:16 -0400
From: "Aaron M. Ucko" <amu@MIT.EDU>
System name: ua.mit.edu
Type and version: SPARC/5 8.3.29 (with mkserv)
Display type: cgsix
Shell: /bin/sh (/bin/athena/bash?)
Window manager: fvwm2m4
What were you trying to do?
Update the machine to 8.4
What's wrong:
Untarring miniroot...
ld.so.1: internal: malloc failedMiniroot customization: hostname and address, gateway, netmasks..
cp: Target /var/athena/update.miniroot/etc must be a directory
Usage: cp [-f] [-i] [-p] f1 f2
cp [-f] [-i] [-p] f1 ... fn d1
cp -r|R [-f] [-i] [-p] d1 ... dn-1 dn
*** setup-swap-boot failed ***
Please contact Athena Hotline at x3-1410.
Thank you. -Athena Operations
ua.mit.edu# diff -c /var/athena/update.miniroot/etc /etc/name_to_sysnum
No differences encountered
In addition, there seems to be a typo somewhere:
The following variables are being added to /etc/rc.conf:
SAVECORE
What should have happened:
The update should have succeeded.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Um, the Private Workstation Guide?
