From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 8 02:43:58 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 9A45F16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 02:43:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47AA43D39 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 02:43:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 2851 invoked by uid 89); 8 Aug 2004 02:43:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.tecnik93.com) (81.196.204.98) by 0 with SMTP; 8 Aug 2004 02:43:56 -0000 Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (localhost.buh.tecnik93.com [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A2F8D12E; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 05:43:53 +0300 (EEST) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 05:43:53 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "R. W." Message-Id: <20040808054353.487fa531@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <200408080255.16436.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <41155C95.2090709@aboutsupport.com> <200408080255.16436.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Peter Subject: Re: I did something stupid ? 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: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 02:43:58 -0000 [ top-posting detected ;-( -- it's hard to read -- content reordered logically] On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 02:55:16 +0100 "R. W." wrote: > On Saturday 07 August 2004 23:49, Peter wrote: > > I have succesfully update my freebsd 5.2.1 using cvssup > > supfile-standard. A month after that I decied to update again and put > > "tag=RELENG_5_2" whc is osme sort of downgrade I think .. > > I made build world succesfully, but when I tried to make build kernel > > I got config: Error: device "ixgb" is unknown and more erro I do not > > remeber. It was strane since I have not edited the kernel config file It is possible to happen, since devices can change (e.g. disappear or change their names like the pcm has changed to sound in -CURRENT). Without the specific output is hard to tell. > > ?! However I commeted the both trouble device I though useles: RAID > > controller and some intel 100/10Gb card. > > Which turns to be a misatke since I could not connect to that server > > any more. I sent request to the host to boot it with GENERIC kernel. > > Aany advice is welcome :-) The proper upgrade procedure is described both in handbook and in /usr/src/UPDATING. To be short: make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=you_kernel make installkernel KERNCONF=you_kernel mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster It seems you haven't done that. > Sound like what you actually did was upgrade to FreeBSD-CURRENT > which is bleeding edge (and probably closer to 5.3 than 5.21), and then > downgraded to 5.2.1. No, the OP has cvsup to the security branch for 5.2.1.R > If you couldn't build the kernel then you shouldn't actually have > installed anything yet. In that case I would leave it and see if you > can get back on track with 5.3-RELEASE (subject to anyone more > knowledgable answering). > > I don't really see why you would be having trouble booting, unless you > installed something, out of sequence. Have you tried booting the > previous kernel? This part what I don't understand either. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"