From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 13:02:56 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 C858137B401 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:02:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.attbi.com (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB75B43FA3 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:02:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[24.147.188.198]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20030619200255011007v5sde>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:02:55 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h5JK2s1V011134; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:02:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h5JK2sBo011131; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:02:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: Lucas Holt References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 19 Jun 2003 16:02:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <44adcdj0nm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 32 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 install.... getty won't execute 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, 19 Jun 2003 20:02:57 -0000 Lucas Holt writes: > I just "tried" to upgrade from 4.8 stable to 5.0 release using the > following procedure > > make buildkernel > (error) > make buildworld > make buildkernel (worked this time) > make installkernel (worked after adding a device hint file) > reboot > > kernel booted, then it tried to run /usr/libexec/getty and died. It > went into a loop and I rebooted. Now the 5.0 kernel won't boot and > 4.8 gives me an error about /usr/libexec/getty not loading. > > Is my install toast like I'm thinking? If so, what did I do wrong? I > want to upgrade a server with 4.8 release on it remotely and need to > perfect the upgrade. No, you need to boot into single-user mode. You can (and should) complete the world install from the raw console in single-user mode. If you haven't done anything but what you described, you are probably okay. The 5.x upgrade requires *close* attention to the upgrade procedure, which you didn't do. > btw I did try to compile 5.1 first, but I got errors with the kernel > and the world (mostly variables were redefined) That's because you didn't do the buildworld first, as you're supposed to do.