From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 06:13:43 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 EE6B037B401 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from entiat.olympus.net (entiat.olympus.net [65.117.224.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F38A43FBD for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cp@olympus.net) Received: from intentiat2 ([127.0.0.2] helo=intEntiat.olympus.net) by entiat.olympus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 19Sckw-0005Lg-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:13:42 -0700 Received: from 0-1pool39-192.nas14.bellevue1.wa.us.da.qwest.net ([67.3.39.192] helo=compaq7058) by entiat.olympus.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 19Sckh-0005It-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:13:27 -0700 Message-ID: <000701c3359c$2b2ac760$c0270343@compaq7058> From: "cp" To: Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:18:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Envelope-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Olympus-SmartMail: Virus-scanned only Subject: Recovery from 5.1 make installworld mistake 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: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:13:44 -0000 I cvsup'd src=all, make buildworld, make installworld and messed up my chance to build a RELENG_5_1 kernel. You all said to fall back to 5.0 and start over. I went and got the machine from where it lives on the net, brought it back to my kitchen (where I have only modem access and began to do the fall back. I'm at that point where I've passed the make installworld with 5.0 sources and everything seems back in order. Prior to downgrading all the sources to 5.0, I created a tar archive of /usr/src as it was after cvsup'ing 5.1. Now as to getting back to 5.1. The Question needing opinions is: Do I dare untar my 5.1 sources, overlaying /usr/src, and start my buildworld-buildkernel- installkernel-boot-installworld process or... do I have to redo the cvsup? An alternate phrasing for the question is, will I be missing anything meaningful by using my /usr/src/ archive of 5.1 sources? ports are virtually irrelevant on this system if that is a factor and I've explicitly saved every meaningful tailored configuration (e.g. rc.firewall, rc.conf, hosts, etc). For me redoing the cvsup means taking the box back to where I have no direct console access making that first problematic 5.1 reboot difficult. Thanks in advance,