From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 07:36:10 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 B8FF916A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:36:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1931A43FD7 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:36:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAEFaUxM028739; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:36:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAEFaUQs028738; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:36:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ei.bzerk.org: bulk set sender to mail25@bzerk.org using -f Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:36:30 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: "Edmund L. Wong" Message-ID: <20031114153630.GA28567@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , "Edmund L. Wong" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031114151246.47792.qmail@web41006.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031114151246.47792.qmail@web41006.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x / make installworld woes 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: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:36:10 -0000 On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 07:12:46AM -0800, Edmund L. Wong typed: > 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. Yes, this is a result of recent changes in statfs structure. Has been announced and discussed on the -current mailing list (that you really should be subscribed to when you want to follow -current). It has also been documented in UPDATING (allways a must when updating via cvsup). Adding to this, following -current is not recommended for new users (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT), so maybe you would be better of running -stable instead? > 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. Maybe, maybe not... see below > 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)? IF you build and installed a new kernel allready, you might save your installation just by rebooting into the new kernel, which is aware of the new 64-bit statfs and can still handle the old binaries. Reboot to single user mode and finish the installworld, then boot multiuser and your fine again (hopefully) Good luck, Ruben > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"