From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 14:03:30 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 9350E16A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from duron.rv1.dynip.com (c-66-177-119-177.se.client2.attbi.com [66.177.119.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6604843FA3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:03:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from slave-mike@rv1.dynip.com) Received: from rv1.dynip.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duron.rv1.dynip.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9IL3S7J012723; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:03:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from slave-mike@rv1.dynip.com) Message-ID: <3F91AAA0.3080509@rv1.dynip.com> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:03:28 -0400 From: slave-mike User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Dictos References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 21:03:30 -0000 you can mount devfs as many times as your system can handle it all over the place. Jason Dictos wrote: > 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 > ________________________________________________________________________