From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 26 10:39:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045E937B419 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:39:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id fAQIdVd19400; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:39:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111261839.fAQIdVd19400@ptavv.es.net> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" Cc: "FreeBSD Stable List" Subject: Re: make installworld error at mbr - RELENG_4, src-all In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:09:26 +0200." Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:39:31 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Probably not your problem, but it could be. You are NOT following the published procedure for updating your system. You should do the following: 1) make buildworld 2) make buildkernel 3) make installkernel 4) reboot to single user mode 5) make installworld Because you dropping into single user and not re-booting you are: 1) Not confirming that the new kernel actually works before installing the whole new system 2) Running installworld with the old kernel That said, I suspect something else is wrong. But following the correct procedures increases the chances of a successful update by a significant margin. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message