Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:49:43 -0400 From: Ken Ebling <ken@idealinter.net> To: Ben Timby <asp@webexc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help, I killed my machine. Message-ID: <F0B45374-9CF1-479F-A013-11E732158741@idealinter.net> In-Reply-To: <42BB0C22.6010000@webexc.com> References: <42BB0C22.6010000@webexc.com>
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On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Ben Timby wrote: > I was upgrading from 4.10-STABLE to 5.4-STABLE, following the > instructions in the freebsd handbook and something went wrong. > > I used CVSup to update my sources. I built the world and kernel as > follows: > > cd /usr/src > make buildworld && make buildkernel > > I am using the GENERIC config. I had to copy /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ > GENERIC.hints to /boot/device.hints. Before the above builds worked > properly. > > I installed the kernel, and rebooted the system. > > It booted (mostly) ok, sudo did not work properly, so I had to > login as root. I did mergemaster -p. I had to add the new proxy > user and group for pf. After this, I did: > > cd /usr/src/ > make installworld > > during the process, it died in: > > /usr/src/bin/test > > with Signal 12. > > No commands worked after this point, All I received was Signal 12. > I cannot boot into single user mode, I receive a Signal 12 from any > shell I try to use. > > I understand a Signal 12 is a non-existant system call. The half > installworld probably caused this. > > How can I recover from this? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > 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" I've upgraded a few machines from 4.x to 5.x without any problems. I followed the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING. cvsup your machine to RELENG_5_4 and look towards the end of /usr/src/UPDATING for instructions. There are a few important steps that I haven't seen documented elsewhere. Good luck, Ken Ebling
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