Upgrade from 5.0.5 to 5.0.6 problems 1

[Skeater]

I am attempting to upgrade our server from 5.0.5 to 5.0.6 and keep getting the following error message:

There is no DEFBOOTSTR entry in /etc/default/boot with a root definition. You must boot your old system and add the root definition to DEFBOOTSTR.

This is what the /etc/default/boot file looks like on my system:

DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix
AUTOBOOT=YES
TIMEOUT=60
FSCKFIX=YES
MULTIUSER=YES
PANICBOOT=NO
SYSTTY=0
SERIAL=B9600,CS8
SERIAL8=NO
MAPKEY=YES
PWRCHECK=N
SLEEPTIME=0
SPAWN_INTERVAL=120
SPAWN_LIMIT=10
INHIBIT=300
DEFAULT_LEVEL=2
BOOTMNT=RO

DEFBOOTSTR is there, I cannot figure out why this is not working.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

 

[marktee]

This may be relevant -

http://stage.caldera.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?105674

Regards,
Mark.

 

[JorGeVaL]

Take a look tathe release notes of your sco 5.0.5 and on page 20 it reads:

WARNING :
Before beginning your upgrade, ensure that the /etc/default/boot contains this entry:

DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix swap=hd(41) dump=hd(41) root=hd(42)

I hope this can help you.

regards

JorgeVal

 

[Skeater]

Thank you very much, changing the entry worked.