From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 28 04:36:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA07312 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 May 1997 04:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whoweb.com (adrl.xtdl.com [206.25.229.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA07307 for ; Wed, 28 May 1997 04:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whoweb.com (unixpc.local.net [100.100.100.1]) by whoweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA12239 for ; Wed, 28 May 1997 07:35:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <338C1897.41C67EA6@whoweb.com> Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 07:35:51 -0400 From: Advanced Digital Research Organization: Advanced Digital Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 2.2.2-RELEASE fake install Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm trying to attempt a "fake" install with 2.2.2-RELEASE. I have a spare disk that I disklabeled and created file systems on with newfs, and then mounted up on a mount point. While running on my V2.1 disk, I downloaded the OS from ftp.freebsd.org and then extracted 2.2.2-RELEASE down to the mount point. I created a valid etc/fstab under the root mount point for 2.2.2, but I am unable to use MAKEDEV to create the devices I need. The 2.2.2 /dev directory comes pre-built with sd0 sd1 sd2 sd3, but I need sd5. Attempts to make the device under the 2.2.2 mount point return the following error from the scsictl variable in MAKEDEV. ./MAKEDEV: arithmetic expression: syntax error: "1 << 29" Is this a compatability problem running 2.2.2 MAKEDEV under 2.1? I notice MAKEDEV has changed considerably between versions. Are there any other pre or post install tasks the install performs that need to be performed? Thanks for any help. Jon --