Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:24:38 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Timothy Gagnon" <tgagnon@WPI.EDU> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem while upgrading to 4.10 from 4.7... Message-ID: <20040617112438.6148ed42.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1784.12.46.108.207.1087482607.squirrel@webmail.WPI.EDU> References: <2603.12.46.108.207.1087459259.squirrel@webmail.WPI.EDU> <20040617090236.2a140c6f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <1784.12.46.108.207.1087482607.squirrel@webmail.WPI.EDU>
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"Timothy Gagnon" <tgagnon@WPI.EDU> wrote: > > "Timothy Gagnon" <tgagnon@WPI.EDU> wrote: > > > >> Alright, I have been trying to upgrade FreeBSD from 4.7 to 4.10...I used > >> cvsup to get all the files "make buildworld" when through just fine, but > >> the problem comes after "make kernel KERNCONF=GENERIC"... > > > > If you did, literally, what you describe, then your problem is that you > > upgraded improperly. > > > > "make buildworld" builds world, but doesn't install it. "make kernel" > > makes > > and installs the kernel. If you did the steps you describe, then you have > > a kernel and a world with mistmatched versions. > > Well, I didn't use "make buildkernel" I used "make kernel" which from what > I understood was the same as typing both "make buildkernel" and "make > installkernel"... Please re-read ... I'm talking about the "make buildworld" step ... if you did not follow it with a "make installworld" at some point, then your world was never updated and you're running a kernel newer than your world. > > > If that's the case, get booted into the system and re-run the upgrade > > process. > > Be sure to do all the steps this time, as described in 21.4.1: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > > >> When I reboot and the kernel starts to load...it *always* just stops at > >> the same point and just sits there doing nothing at "acd1: CD-RW <My > >> CD-RW > >> info> at ata1-slave PIO4"... > >> > >> If I restart and run "kernel.GENERIC" from the boot prompt I can get it > >> to > >> load the kernel, but I want to be able to go into single-user mode to > >> mount the file system, plus I just don't like having things acting > >> screwy. > > > > -- > > Bill Moran > > Potential Technologies > > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > > > > > > -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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