Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:36:13 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: does anybody understand why install failed? Message-ID: <20101012033613.ac0b1c84.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20101012012750.GA3216@thought.org> References: <20101012005311.GA1271@thought.org> <20101012030224.465bc805.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101012012750.GA3216@thought.org>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:27:50 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:02:24AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:11 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > Having netwoking problems... . hope this gets out. > > > > It does. > > > > > > The problem seems to appear when installing the ZFS boot loader. > > > Which is? I don't think I chose any boot loader when I > installed this last November... It seems to be part of the default installation now (until you set ZFS component NOT to build per src.conf). Prior to a new try, remove /usr/obj/ or "make clean", just to be sure not to suffer from anything accidentally left there. > glad this got out! (I *do* have a base arrow on the console, > but w hen I bring up my old ctwm wm, the arrow is still frozen. > [This is on ethic; the stuff below is on my old desktop, tao. > Nice to have at least one spare to experiment with.] Uh... "make installworld" should take place in single-user mode, where the system is running on "minimal level". Check the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile for a short description of the process. > I'll ck out the src.conf; never heard of it... thanks for the > clue. It is "quite new", I think it was introduced in version 7 to have a central file for configuring the system's build and installation process, separated from the system-wide make.conf. > Mm. I'm using very, very old instructions. I used this last > Feb, but it dates from March, '04! :: > > > cd /usr/src; \ > make buildworld; make buildkernel KERNCONF=TAO; make installkernel KERNCONF=TAO; > > reboot ; then go single > cd /usr/src; \ > make installworld; > mergemaster > reboot Seems that one mergemaster step is missing. Let me quote from /usr/src/Makefile of version 7 (on 8 it should be similar): # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). # 2. `make buildworld' # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). # [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target] # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). # 6. `mergemaster -p' # 7. `make installworld' # 8. `make delete-old' # 9. `mergemaster' (you may wish to use -U or -ai). # 10. `reboot' # 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) It's always wise to study the source of what one is working with. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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