From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 13 03:13:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 065A616A46D for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:13:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [75.160.109.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845E913C448 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:13:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m1D3Dici007168; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:13:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id m1D3DiD6007167; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:13:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from hitme.hitometer.net (hitme.hitometer.net [75.160.109.235]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:13:44 -0800 Message-ID: <20080212191344.46wd4p6nms0cogcw@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:13:44 -0800 From: "Chris H." To: "illoai@gmail.com" References: <47B161630200009000013D1B@hermes.cwu.edu> <20080212163457.sg35fvnbsgsg4s8w@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) 4.1 Professional (not for redistribution) / FreeBSD-5.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Gavin Spomer Subject: Re: Rebuilding World Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:13:56 -0000 Quoting "illoai@gmail.com" : > On 12/02/2008, Chris H. wrote: >> Quoting Gavin Spomer : > . . . >> > for some reason. Having said that, I figured I would also have to be >> > in /usr/src for the "make installworld" step. But I couldn't do that! >> > Why? I could cd to /usr, but not /usr/src! > . . . >> reboot (in single user mode) >> >> fsck -p (optional, but a good idea) >> mount -u / >> mount -a -t ufs > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^----- this is why you couldn't cd into /usr/src > >> swapon -a (most cases; optional) > > from note 3 near the end of /usr/src/UPDATING: > > [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do > fsck -p > mount -u / > mount -a > cd src > adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time > Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that > you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. 2 things I feel worth mentioning - well, 3; I just performed a 5.2 --> 7b4 upgrading using the "cheat sheet" I provided. All went w/o error/troubles. It (cheat sheet) has also served me well many yrs. w/o issues. I /did/ mention that the "cheat sheet" I provided was not a replacement for /usr/src/UPDATING. But you /strategically/ removed that part of the post. Context is also lost. > > > > -- > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)