Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 23:57:24 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: upgraded to -CURRENT (?) et al. Message-ID: <20000308.23572400@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Dear users,
I (last) cvupped -CURRENT on 6 March at about 11:00 pm GMT, and, with
few (necessary) variations, I tried to follow the instructions in
UPDATING on the next day.
I *seem* to have upgraded to -CURRENT.
FWIW, here is what I did:
1) /usr/src/make -j48 buildworld
2) /usr/src/sbin/mknod/make install
3) followed the directions to build/install a kernel.
Remark: config -r core dumps (bad system call);
config (no option) does not.
4) rebuilt disk /dev entries; updated the relevant files (/etc/fstab).
In order not to forget anything, I issued various grep -r commands.
5) reboot in s.u.m.
Remark I : the root partition is seen as wd1s2a; the others are
seen correctly.
Remark II: if one happens to reboot, one meets a FATAL TRAP; after
rebooting, one is denied access to / .
Workaround: I booted from another installation of mine (-STABLE)
on another slice, and ran fsck from there.
6) /usr/src/make installworld
I got this error: lib/libcom_errdoc [omissis] unrecognized option
`--defsection=3DProgramming & development tools.'
Error code 1 (six times)
7) /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall/make clean all install NOSHARED=3DYES
8) /usr/src/make installworld
It failed with the same errors as sub 6).
9) /usr/src/make -DNOINFO installworld
I got another error: install: genassym: no such file or directory.
Error code 71.
Error code 1 (five times.) It was time to use ... the Force.
10) /usr/src/make -DNOINFO -k installworld
11) /usr/src/make -k installworld
Alas, I did not log the sessions sub 10) and sub 11) because ... I
did NOT believe I would succeed in making installworld #@[]*^=A7
[severely censored]
12) mergemaster, devices, sysinstall and (yet another) kernel by the
book. Remark I: making sysintall failed: undefined reference in
pccard Initialize.
Error code 1.
Remark II: this time config -r worked.
If I had used -k properly, I would have finished earlier.
I suppose I am somehow running -CURRENT (?)
N.B. I am Italian and I chose MD5, discarding everything DES-related.
I suppose this has automagically eliminated a few problems.
Under -STABLE, I used to compile my kernels with a0ffa0ff flags for my
IDE disks 0 and 1, and b0ff for my third IDE disk. Under -CURRENT, I
specified the ata driver as per the suggestions in LINT, and I did NOT
specified ata0 and ata1; which are indicated for older systems. The
log messages show that all three disks are accessed in UDMA 33 mode
and are seen as having **16** heads.
However, I must miss something obvious here (yawn) how can I specify
the LBA mode for my third disk ? Is it automagically set ??? I fear
I can corrupt part of my filesytems: my /usr lives on my third IDE
disk (formerly accessed in LBA mode.)
Another problem. I get "isa0: unexpected tag 14" while booting.
What am I missing ?
There are other questions: e.g. X authentication fails. Pam.conf and
ttys are all right, though.
Before attacking all of them (grepping -r the d***ed wd disks and
recompiling the related ports ...), I would like to be in a position
to recompile things in /usr without running any risks to destroy that
filesystem. In this way, I will also be able te remake the world once
more ...
I thank you very much in advance for any help.
Best regards,
Salvo
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