Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:39:53 -0700 From: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Salvageable? (Was Re: make installworld error) Message-ID: <70B0638E-F52B-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <62076.66.171.170.97.1093133170.squirrel@66.171.170.97> References: <C74CE336-F2EC-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <41269A7D.4040807@daleco.biz> <44pt5l2e1y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <62076.66.171.170.97.1093133170.squirrel@66.171.170.97>
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So, could someone tell me if my system is salvageable or not and what I need to do? Or, should I just start over? Curtis On 21 Aug, 2004, at 17:06, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > So, it is my understanding that I did in fact do things right (or that > is > to say that The Complete FreeBSD had the right directions. But that > something else went wrong. > > BTW, I installed 4.8 from scratch. Then spent a couple of days > preparing > to do a cvsup making sure that I set everything up right (sources: > Complete FreeBSD, freebsd.org, and this list. > > Then I did the cvsup. Everything else I've already written about in a > previous letter. > > Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that booting into an old kernel is an > option. I have looked at the files on my system and there is no > kernel.old or anything like it. There is only a kernel directory under > the > /boot/ directory. > > What information do I need to provide to perhaps salvage this system? > And what steps did I possibly miss? > > Curtis > >> "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> writes: >> >>> Yup. Go back to the top --- I missed where >>> in your list of steps you actually *installed* >>> the new kernel... >> >> That would be where he said: >> >>>> make kernel >> >> which is equivalent to "make buildkernel installkernel". >> >> It doesn't explain quite what's happening here, though -- and he >> didn't even *hint* at such basic clues as what version he was updating >> from or to (there may be extra steps for large updating jumps). >> >> Booting the old kernel is certainly worth a try before starting over, >> though; the system is quite likely to be salvageable. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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