From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 21:21:53 2004 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 A718016A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:21:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.sohotech.ca (mx1.sohotech.ca [64.26.169.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF7543D2D for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:21:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (chomsky.sohotech.ca [192.168.1.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx1.sohotech.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAILMN1B069282 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:22:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Message-ID: <419D1270.9010104@grokking.org> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:21:52 -0500 From: Ed Budd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041016) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 192.168.2.3 Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE 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: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:21:53 -0000 Curtis Vaughan wrote: >> >> o update from cvs >> # cd /usr/src >> # make update >> o build world/kernel in your normal or single-user mode >> # cd /usr/obj >> # rm -rf * >> # cd /usr/src >> # make buildworld >> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL >> o install kernel/world in single user mode >> # reboot [ Choose single User Mode ] >> # cd /usr/src >> # make installkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL >> # make installworld >> o run mergemaster -p >> # mergemaster -p >> o reboot >> # reboot >> >> It's fairly straight-forward once you get the gist :) >> >> > Following Adam's suggestion, I have now gotten to the point where I > rebooted into Single-User Mode, entered the /usr/src directory and then > entered the command: > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > But it almost immediately comes back with errors about the fact that > certain directories don't exist and problems with the fact that the file > system is read only. > > Perhaps I entered Single User Mode wrong? On a reboot, I chose not to > boot into any system, but to go directly to the loader prompt (something > like that). Then I entered the command: boot -s > > Curtis > > _______________________________________________ > 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" Did you remember to mount the partitions after logging in single-user mode? mount -a cd /usr/src make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL