From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 25 20:29:39 2002 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 7C79837B400 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net (smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net [24.50.78.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1603843E3B for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:29:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwvw@adelphia.net) Received: from mswolf ([68.70.220.91]) by smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GZU71B0B.E03; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:29:35 -0400 Message-ID: <01db01c23454$7f4523d0$0a01a8c0@mswolf> From: "Michael Wells" To: "Andrew Boothman" Cc: References: <01a801c23447$7c5fca10$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <3D40B2B5.5020304@cream.org> Subject: Re: Kernel Failure Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:28:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Michael Wells wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I am getting a bunch of link errors when I try > >and rebuild my kernel. I just did cvsup and a > >make build/install world and was trying to rebuild the kernel > >as suggested. I didn't make any changes to > >the kernel but it started complaining about things > >it never had before. It was complaining about devices > >that didn't exist on my system (raid stuff) so I removed > >them. The build seems to go fine until link time. > >I am attaching the link part of the output. If any > >one has ideas I would appreciate your input greatly! > > > > This kind of problem is exactly why it is generally recommened that you > buildworld and buildkernel before installkernel-ing and installworld-ing > and finally mergemaster. It sound like your system is currently running > a mismatched kernel and world? This is often the cause of problems. My > preferred order is > > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > reboot into single-user (ensure new kernel boots correctly) > make installworld > mergemaster > reboot > > Anyway, with reguard to your spacific problem - you don't tell us what > version of FreeBSD you cvsuped to? If it is a development branch > (-current or -stable) then those lists are likely to have the best > people to answer your question. If it is a -RELEASE then you clearly > have something else going on.... > > Andrew. > Yikes, I made a really stupid mistake. My Cvsup file had the 4_5 tag instead of the 4_6! Crossing my fingers and hoping I can pull out of this one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message