From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 01:36:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC4C106564A for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:36:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6578FC1A for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:36:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-73-80.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.73.80]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4931EFAF; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:36:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o9C1aDuH004379; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:36:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:36:13 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline 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> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: does anybody understand why install failed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:36:15 -0000 On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:27:50 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:02:24AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:11 -0700, Gary Kline 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, ...