Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:12:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Edmund L. Wong" <bacchuswng@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 5.x / make installworld woes Message-ID: <20031114151246.47792.qmail@web41006.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello all, I am a relatively new FreeBSD user running a CURRENT version of FreeBSD 5.x (I forget the number, but I just rebuilt the kernel about a week ago). When I ran a make buildworld/installworld this morning after updating my sources (via cvsup), the installworld portion failed at some point. Following this, most functionality in my system now ceases to work (including ls, rm, etc.). I can get a prompt as root but not much else. I do realize now that it is recommened that I rebuild the kernel, run mergemaster and reboot before doing installworld. But obviously its a bit late for that now. Is there any way this installation can be saved? Or must I reinstall from scratch now? If so, is there a recommended way of going about this such that I don't lose any of my data (in my home directory)? Thanks in advance, Ed ===== edmund l wong assistant staff : mit lincoln lab cs/ece alumni : carnegie mellon ewong@alumni.cmu.edu http://www.edmundlwong.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
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