From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 11:54:43 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 464A016A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:54:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4D643D55 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:54:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fj@panix.com) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0AED48A0E; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:54:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from fj@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i3NIsMi23214; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:54:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:54:22 -0400 From: Joe Altman To: Joseph Koenig Message-ID: <20040423185422.GA21675@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Altman , Joseph Koenig , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040423180617.GA12453@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade gone bad, please help 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, 23 Apr 2004 18:54:43 -0000 On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:37:59PM -0500, Joseph Koenig wrote: > At this point, I have upgraded my src as it was out of date before I > upgraded via sysinstall. The system is up and running, although far from > stable. My question is, at this point, have I done enough damage to > everything that using sysinstall to upgrade is out of the question, or can I > reboot my old kernel and try the sysinstall since my src is now up to date? > Thanks, > > Joe I cannot answer the question about damage; but I do recall something about sysinstall being deprecated for upgrades? Does the list have an opinion on this? I am sorry that damage recovery is not something I have a comprehensive tutorial on; and I dont' know if I can recommend anything actually useful. If you have networking set up, and can reach things on the internet, I'd say go for a cvs oriented upgrade and utterly skip sysinstall for upgrades. At this point, I just don't know enough about what might be going on with your system. Assuming that you have the cvs port installed, this may be what you need: >From /usr/src/Makefile # 1. `cd /usr/src' # 2. `make buildworld' # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). # 6. `mergemaster -p' # 7. `make installworld' # 8. `mergemaster' # 9. `reboot Before you run all of this, you should run 'make update'.