From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 16 10:30:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E34A616A56B for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 10:30:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F65B43D73 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 10:30:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IZC00BZ0T6G0GI0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 May 2006 12:30:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from urban.broadpark.no ([80.203.212.30]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IZC00LIPT6GT760@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 May 2006 12:30:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:30:22 +0200 From: Kyrre Nygard In-reply-to: <200605160412.37036.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060516122905.02251e08@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060512183937.02190800@broadpark.no> <200605150654.38042.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060516102601.02238458@broadpark.no> <200605160412.37036.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: makeworld FAILURE on 5.4-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:30:21 -0000 At 11:12 16.05.2006, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: >On Tuesday 16 May 2006 03:30, Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > > > Hello Don! > > > > Yes it's the `make buildworld' as far as I know. > > > > The /etc/make.conf contains PERL_VER=5.8.7 and PERL_VERSION=5.8.7. > > > > Is it possible, do you think, to use a FreeSBIE CD maybe to clean out > > everything on my harddrive but my /home/kyrre where all my important > > files are, and then reinstall the latest FreeBSD without > > reformatting? > > > > It might be risky, let's say I hit the wrong switch and it does > > format everything, > > but you get my point right? To just lay a new FreeBSD on top of an > > empty harddrive? > > > > I hope this is possible somehow ... > > > > Well, take care Don! > > > > -- Kyrre >Is /home on a slice of its own. Mine is, for the reason that if I have >to blow off the system and reinstall, I can safely do that, as long as >I don't make any changes to /home, just remount it as /home. You can do >this with sysinstall, very easlily. > >Send the output from 'df', I can tell from that. > >Don Hello! Actually, my /home is under /usr ... uh oh huh? No can do then? Thanks for the tip of having /home as a seperate slice though, I'll treasure it for the rest of my days! Peace, Kyrre