From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 20:26:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0AF16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:26:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from arrow.wiznet.ca (arrow.wiznet.ca [216.138.223.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8658B43FDD for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:26:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from willyyam@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org) Received: from sillyrabbi.dyndns.org (H241.C230.tor.velocet.net [216.138.230.241]) by arrow.wiznet.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4514C540C; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:26:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from willyyam by sillyrabbi.dyndns.org with local (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1ARl5A-000Hr3-9U; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:27:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:27:16 -0500 From: William O'Higgins To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20031204042716.GA68616@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> References: <20031202043933.GB16782@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <1070340909.404.12.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <20031204035800.GA68444@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <20031204041819.GB73527@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031204041819.GB73527@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: William O'Higgins cc: freebsd-questions cc: Steve Bertrand Subject: Re: config(8) out of sync with source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:26:49 -0000 >> >> Your version of config(8) is out of sync with your kernel source. >> > >> >Did you follow the procedure out of the handbook? >> > >> ># cvsup >> ># make buildworld >> ># cd /usr/src >> ># make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >> ># make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >> ># make installworld >> >> I hadn't used that method, because I was unsure of the results, and the >> procedure in the Handbook is more extensive than I had time for. >> >> My reticence was well founded, since when I followed the above procedure >> it rendered the computer non-bootable. > >If you followed the above steps and everything completed successfully >then that should not occur, but without more details it's impossible >to tell what went wrong on your system. The above steps did not complete successfully. Rather a lot seemed to go wrong. Since there has been a format and reinstall since then, there is little value in diagnostics. Thanks though. -- yours, William