From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 00:06:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3679116A4CE for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:06:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail4.speakeasy.net (mail4.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016E943D1D for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:06:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from curtis@npc-usa.com) Received: (qmail 12860 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2004 00:06:16 -0000 Received: from dsl017-040-162.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO crab.npc-usa.com) ([69.17.40.162]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Aug 2004 00:06:16 -0000 Received: from www.npc-usa.com (SEABASS [10.0.1.11]) by crab.npc-usa.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id R2R8ZS4S; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:06:02 -0700 Received: from 66.171.170.97 (SquirrelMail authenticated user curtis); by www.npc-usa.com with HTTP; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <62076.66.171.170.97.1093133170.squirrel@66.171.170.97> In-Reply-To: <44pt5l2e1y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <41269A7D.4040807@daleco.biz> <44pt5l2e1y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Curtis Vaughan" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: make installworld error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: curtis@npc-usa.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:06:17 -0000 So, it is my understanding that I did in fact do things right (or that is to say that The Complete FreeBSD had the right directions. But that something else went wrong. BTW, I installed 4.8 from scratch. Then spent a couple of days preparing to do a cvsup making sure that I set everything up right (sources: Complete FreeBSD, freebsd.org, and this list. Then I did the cvsup. Everything else I've already written about in a previous letter. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that booting into an old kernel is an option. I have looked at the files on my system and there is no kernel.old or anything like it. There is only a kernel directory under the /boot/ directory. What information do I need to provide to perhaps salvage this system? And what steps did I possibly miss? Curtis > "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." writes: > >> Yup. Go back to the top --- I missed where >> in your list of steps you actually *installed* >> the new kernel... > > That would be where he said: > >> > make kernel > > which is equivalent to "make buildkernel installkernel". > > It doesn't explain quite what's happening here, though -- and he > didn't even *hint* at such basic clues as what version he was updating > from or to (there may be extra steps for large updating jumps). > > Booting the old kernel is certainly worth a try before starting over, > though; the system is quite likely to be salvageable. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >