From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 13:22:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8E916A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:22:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail16.messagelabs.com (mail16.messagelabs.com [64.124.170.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2041143FAF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:22:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jason.dictos@tapeware.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: jason.dictos@tapeware.com X-Msg-Ref: server-28.tower-16.messagelabs.com!1066508526!2796841 X-StarScan-Version: 5.1.9.3; banners=tapeware.com,-,- Received: (qmail 10873 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2003 20:22:06 -0000 Received: from mail.tapeware.com (HELO yt-internet.tapeware.com) (4.21.59.10) by server-28.tower-16.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 18 Oct 2003 20:22:06 -0000 Received: by yt-internet.tapeware.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:28 -0700 Message-ID: From: Jason Dictos To: 'slave-mike' , Jason Dictos Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:27 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Help saving my system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:22:16 -0000 No, can you mout devfs in a virtual root created by chroot? I know the devfs is mounted on the real root, but when i chroot to the /mnt of my old drive the /dev directory is empty with null-can I re-mount in there? -Jason -----Original Message----- From: slave-mike [mailto:slave-mike@rv1.dynip.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:42 AM To: Jason Dictos Cc: 'freebsd-current@freebsd.org' did you mount the devfs? Jason Dictos wrote: > Hi Guys, here's the scenario: > > 1. Had FreeBSD 5.1 system running. > 2. Did a cvsup get of stable (that's right, stable, so 4.9) 3. > Compiled make buildworld, then did a make build world, and re-compiled > with generic kernel 4. Booted into a system which could not mount the > file system (expected since its 4.9) > > So now I am trying to save the system and here's where I've gotten to: > > 1. Booted disc 2 of 5.1 cd into "fixme" mode. > 2. Mounted live cdrom filesystem and then mounted my root drive to > /mnt 3. Did a chroot to /mnt so that I would emulate my live system > environment 4. Re-did a cvsup of the branch current. > 5. Ran make buildworld from /usr/src > > Here is what happens when I do that: > > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an > operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: > Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", > line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 156: warning: > "/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make -f /dev/null -m /usr/src/share/mk > CPUTYPE=dummy -V CPUTYPE" returned non-zero status > "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 158: CPUTYPE global should be set with ?=. > *** Error code 1 > > Help! > > -Jason > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs > Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email > security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit > http://www.messagelabs.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________