From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 18:46:18 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 ECB8F16A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail16.messagelabs.com (mail16.messagelabs.com [64.124.170.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF2EE43FBF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:46:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jason.dictos@tapeware.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: jason.dictos@tapeware.com X-Msg-Ref: server-5.tower-16.messagelabs.com!1066527974!2511814 X-StarScan-Version: 5.1.9.3; banners=tapeware.com,-,- Received: (qmail 14619 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2003 01:46:14 -0000 Received: from mail.tapeware.com (HELO yt-internet.tapeware.com) (4.21.59.10) by server-5.tower-16.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 19 Oct 2003 01:46:14 -0000 Received: by yt-internet.tapeware.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:47:36 -0700 Message-ID: From: Jason Dictos To: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:47:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain 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: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:46:18 -0000 Hi All, Well its all back to normal! By mounting devfs to the new virtual chroot area I was able to complete a buildworld/installworld of the current branch, after a reboot the system came right back up with all my old services started normally. Thanks, -Jason -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Dillon [mailto:dillon@apollo.backplane.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 4:01 PM To: Jason Dictos; 'freebsd-current@freebsd.org' : : :On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Jason Dictos wrote: : :> 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 : :At this point, I'd probably do a "binary upgrade" install of 5.1 to make :sure you have known-good binaries. I'd then boot to single-user mode and :run find on /bin, /sbin, /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/sbin, et al, and make sure :that there are no 4.x binaries left. If possible :-). : :Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects :robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories I would boot with the 5.1 live CD and backup all the data you want to save somewhere (like to another machine), then I would reinstall the system from scratch with the release you intend to run, wiping the disks completely. Then restore the data you wanted to keep from whereever you saved it. If you have a lot of data and a reasonably fast network link and no place to temporarily backup your data too while reinstalling, I can provide you with a temporary account with lots of disk space for a few days. EMail me privately if you need the temporary account. -Matt ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________