Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:20:45 +1030 From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <20041118215045.GC5108@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <F11A0A08-39A6-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com> References: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au> <F11A0A08-39A6-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com>
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 01:15:15PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan said: > > > > 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 Single user mode will, by default, leave you with only your / partition mounted as read-only. It does this to protect itself. You'll need to remount your partitions with 'mount -a'. Sorry, I forgot to include that step :) -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999 Dog for sale: Eats lots and is fond of children.
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