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: > From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Failed update > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:34 AM > --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard > Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> > > Subject: Failed update > > To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 10:23 AM > > In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable, > > all seemed fine until I rebooted out of single user > mode > > after doing make installworld and mergemaster. > > > > Now I get to devd and it dies. I've copied down > > what's on screen and typed it here. > > > > **** > > [snip] > > starting devd. > > > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode. > > cpu id = 0; apic id = 00 > > fault virtual address = 0x3030313a > > fault code = supervisor write, page not present > > [snip] > > current process = 355 (devd) > > > > **** > > > > What critical step did I miss? Single user mode > seems > > OK, and I can mount the drives (though right now it'll > tell > > me to fsck, since I just hard crashed). I have not > > tried to cycle this thing much, for fear of trashing > > something further, but I did at least try one > reboot. > > Same issue. > > > > (and yes, I'll be researching this myself, but I > thought > > I'd get this message out there sooner rather than > later...) > > > > Rich Mahlerwein > > I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode. My > guess is I goofed something during mergemaster and devd.conf > is messed up. (Mergemaster is, undeniably, my least > favorite utility). > > I can suffer the system being down for a while, as long as > my wife has access to a handful of files. > > How would I go about mounting a USB stick, if such can be > done in single-user mode? > > I have several sitting around that I could copy stuff to > (I'm sure that's easier than pulling off the backup I made > last night, since the backup is in dump format on tape, and > since my only bsd box is currently not working...) I'll answer my own question: mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt then copy away at will. I suppose my biggest issue had been wondering if that works in single user mode.help
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