Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 22:44:04 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: freeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recipe for compiling and installing CURRENT on 12.x RELEASE in a seperate boot env? Message-ID: <CADqw_gJMk0o8h0a=F2eStrON=1U2fZb3aYJaofVZxwLWaLVWQA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADqw_gLPPvv0HVCmQyftSrzUnnDhNMGt53Q777jgMCVLunzmww@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADqw_gLPPvv0HVCmQyftSrzUnnDhNMGt53Q777jgMCVLunzmww@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a slight correction to make (inline): On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 8:59 PM Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Problem: the AMD GPU (Vega10 Renoir) in my laptop is too new to be > supported by 12.2 RELEASE, and I have it from reliable sources that CURRENT > either already supports or soon will support this adapter thx to drm 5.5(?) > being imported into CURRENT. > > The approach I've tried several times now goes as follows (following the > outline of https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html): > > Since I use ZFS, I base my installation work on boot environments (I use > bectl) > > On 12.2: > > 1. cd /usr/src , svn up > 2. make buildworld > 3. make buildkernel > 4. create a new boot env, > 5. make installkernel into new BE, reboot into new BE > 6. make installworld > > another reboot here; this is when mounting of zfs volumes fails, not at step 5 regards Michael > > 1. mergemaster > > [ this may a be a bit imprecise in the details, I do this only once in a > while ] > > The problem with this approach is that when I reboot (step 5b), none of > the ZFS volumes (except "/") is mounted, therefore no $HOME, therefore no > X. > > So ... I'm probably doing something wrong, I just don't know what. > > I'd be surprised if I were the only one trying this approach ... so, does > anyone have (a link to) a tested recipe to address this kind of problem? > > TIA > Michael > -- > Michael Schuster > http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ > recursion, n: see 'recursion' > -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'
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