From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 13:23:30 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 DC0E616A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from portal.aphroland.org (portal.aphroland.org [216.39.174.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A9343FBF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from slikens@bsdwebsolutions.com) Received: by portal.aphroland.org (Postfix, from userid 1010) id 5C1F72F6E8; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from acheron.livid.de (10.10.10.88-unassigned.aphroland.org [10.10.10.88]) by portal.aphroland.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57FC2F6E5; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from desolation.livid.de (10.10.10.132-unassigned.aphroland.org [10.10.10.132]) by acheron.livid.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5F9526A; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:31 -0700 From: "Scott M. Likens" To: Jason Dictos , "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" Message-ID: <64097176.1066483411@[10.10.10.132]> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.2.1 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on gateway.aphroland.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: X-Sanitizer: This message has been sanitized! X-Sanitizer-URL: http://mailtools.anomy.net/ X-Sanitizer-Rev: $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.54 2002/02/15 16:59:07 bre Exp $ 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 20:23:31 -0000 Actually, I think I did... mergemaster? Maybe no one caught it and assumed it was just a ranting flame, But I imagine running mergemaster and making sure the system is synch'd would make a world of difference. Just a token thought. --On Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:52 PM -0700 Jason Dictos wrote: > Thanks scott, I'll try that out and let you know how it worked.. > > > Oh wait.. You didn't say anything helpful n/m > > -Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott M. Likens [mailto:slikens@bsdwebsolutions.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:16 PM > To: Jason Dictos; 'freebsd-current@freebsd.org' > > Okay, let's see here. > > First off you install FreeBSD 5.1, UFS2 possibly but I guess UFS1 since it > booted 4.9 > > Some stupid reason you downgraded to 4.9, didn't run mergemaster, so all > your /etc files are out of whack, and now you're bitching that you're > trying to do buildworld again, and getting errors. > > Amazing. > > Truly Amazing > > Comments anyone? > > > --On Friday, October 17, 2003 10:53 PM -0700 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. 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