Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:50:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Failed update Message-ID: <99814.37727.qm@web51005.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <526027.78512.qm@web51009.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A=0A> F= rom: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com>=0A> Subject: Re: Failed update= =0A> To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0A> Date: Sund= ay, August 9, 2009, 11:34 AM=0A> --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard=0A> Mahlerwein= <mahlerrd@yahoo.com>=0A> wrote:=0A> =0A> > From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahle= rrd@yahoo.com>=0A> > Subject: Failed update=0A> > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <= freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0A> > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 10:23 AM= =0A> > In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable,=0A> > all seemed fine until I = rebooted out of single user=0A> mode=0A> > after doing make installworld an= d mergemaster.=0A> > =0A> > Now I get to devd and it dies.=A0 I've copied d= own=0A> > what's on screen and typed it here.=0A> > =0A> > ****=0A> > [snip= ]=0A> > starting devd.=0A> > =0A> > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kern= el mode.=0A> > cpu id =3D 0; apic id =3D 00=0A> > fault virtual address =3D= 0x3030313a=0A> > fault code =3D supervisor write, page not present=0A> > [= snip]=0A> > current process =3D 355 (devd)=0A> > =0A> > ****=0A> > =0A> > W= hat critical step did I miss?=A0 Single user mode=0A> seems=0A> > OK, and I= can mount the drives (though right now it'll=0A> tell=0A> > me to fsck, si= nce I just hard crashed).=A0 I have not=0A> > tried to cycle this thing muc= h, for fear of trashing=0A> > something further, but I did at least try one= =0A> reboot.=A0=0A> > Same issue.=0A> > =0A> > (and yes, I'll be researchin= g this myself, but I=0A> thought=0A> > I'd get this message out there soone= r rather than=0A> later...)=0A> > =0A> > Rich Mahlerwein=0A> =0A> I'm redoi= ng the whole process in single user mode.=A0 My=0A> guess is I goofed somet= hing during mergemaster and devd.conf=0A> is messed up.=A0 (Mergemaster is,= undeniably, my least=0A> favorite utility).=A0 =0A> =0A> I can suffer the = system being down for a while, as long as=0A> my wife has access to a handf= ul of files.=A0 =0A> =0A> How would I go about mounting a USB stick, if suc= h can be=0A> done in single-user mode?=A0 =0A> =0A> I have several sitting = around that I could copy stuff to=0A> (I'm sure that's easier than pulling = off the backup I made=0A> last night, since the backup is in dump format on= tape, and=0A> since my only bsd box is currently not working...)=0A=0AI'll= answer my own question: =0Amount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt=0Athen copy aw= ay at will. I suppose my biggest issue had been wondering if that works in= single user mode.=0A=0A=0A
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