From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 07:12:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFCF616A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:12:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2B843D31 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:12:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20041217071249i92002akv6e>; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:12:49 +0000 Message-ID: <41C286F0.4040501@nbritton.org> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:12:48 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041203) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charming One References: <41c25d3c.1158cb17.10c9.111d@smtp.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41c25d3c.1158cb17.10c9.111d@smtp.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Build World Problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:12:51 -0000 Charming One wrote: >Greetings, > > I recently did a world build upgrade from FreeBSD 5.2.1-Release to >6.0-Current. > > Your on your own buddy, this was the WRONG!!! thing to do, your on deadly grouds filled with many land mines, I recommend wiping it clean and doing a full reinstall (of 5.3). -CURRENT is alpha software for hardcore kernel developers only! (the exception to this rule is when there getting ready to brach a new -STABLE, i.g. 5-STABLE, the next major version of FreeBSD) If you cvsup with RELENG_6 you will be tracking -CURRENT (aka HEAD), NEVER! a good idea for a newbie. If you cvsup with RELENG_5 you will be tracking -STABLE, -STABLE does NOT imply the code is "Stable", only that there won't be radical changes to the code, that is what -CURRENT is for, I would not recommend tracking this for 5.x until it matures a bit more, maybe after 5.4 or 5.5-RELEASE and even after it stabilizes tracking -STABLE is not recommend for "production systems", Think of it as "Beta" software. If you cvsup with RELENG_5_3 you will be tracking the -RELEASE branch for that -RELEASE, this will get you critical and security updates, this is what you want. Also some -RELEASE branches are designated as errata fix branches. Then when 5.4 is released you would change it to RELENG_5_4 and cvsup to 5.4. >This error scrolls across the screen several times and I am unable to ever >reach a prompt, however if I restart in single user mode I can still mount >all my filesystems fine, and such, however I will be the first to admit I >have no idea what it would be that I am looking for. > > You "might" have a bastion of hope here, in single user mode, if you can cvsup back down to 5.3 and buildworld / buildkernel "and" get them installed you can recover the system. If you have anymore questions send them to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list, not here. This is not the place for techincal questions such as this.