From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 6 11:25:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A94037B479 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:25:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10872; Mon, 06 Nov 2000 11:25:24 -0800 Message-ID: <3A0705A4.E338EAB4@urx.com> Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 11:25:24 -0800 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsdathome@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildworld resets system References: <20001106095552.78364.qmail@web10703.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG freebsdathome@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > If your system panics, you will probably see > > some > > > > sort of signal > > > > error, which is usually hardware related, i.e., > > > > memory or cooling. > > > > > > > > The first rule on 4.x is following Warner's > > > > suggestions in > > > > /usr/src/UPDATING. He has a section on updating > > to > > > > 4.x-stable. It may > > > > not work everytime but you have a lot better > > chance > > > > than some of these > > > > documents written for earlier versions. When it > > > > comes to the kernel, > > > > you are supposed to copy GENERIC to some name > > and > > > > then edit it to > > > > build a system your way. MYKERNEL has to exist > > > > before you start. I > > > > have a script that I run that does a cvsup and > > then > > > > follows the > > > > buildworld, build[install]kernel, installworld, > > and > > > > mergemaster > > > > sequence. It has served me well. > > > > > > > > I read where they may add "device pcm" to > > GENERIC, > > > > which will let you > > > > have sound on your first install of 4.2. > > > > > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > > > Well, I haven't tried getting a log and checking > > it > > > yet. > > > > > > I was worried that it probably was hardware > > related, > > > but hoped it was user error since I'm broke. > > > > What kind of cpu do you have? Some of the older > > AMD's are sensitive to > > cooling and a thin layer of heatsink goo helps. You > > could have a fan > > going out. There are a lot more answer's than > > questions :). > > > > Its an old AMD 486 and the fan is noisy. I guess thats > the problem then. I had been meaning to replace the > fan anyway. Thanks for your help. They make a noise when they speed up and slow down. A buildworld heats them up. > > > I haven't had a problem building a system for > > several days. I have one > > machine I update on the odd days and another that I > > update on the even > > days. I haven't had any problems since 30-31 Oct. > > > > > > > > I'm confused about the UPDATING file and most of > > the > > > commentary or documentation referring to it. Isn't > > > that assuming that one is actually upgrading from > > a > > > previous version? I installed this version from > > > scratch. Does it apply to my situation? > > > > Up to a point. There is a section on upgrading from > > 4.x to 4.x-stable > > (about line 192) and that applies if you are > > cvsup'ing to update your > > source. If you installed the sources, then you don't > > need to do a > > build[install]world. You can build a kernel using > > the good old > > fashioned config MYKERNEL ... make install. However, > > most people > > following stable have done a cvsup and the > > build[install]kernel rule > > applies. > > > > FWIW, I have a shell script that does a cvsup. Then > > I use a script > > written by Nik Clayton that converts my cvsup.log > > to html. Then, my > > script does a buildworld, build[install]kernel, and > > installworld. It > > takes about 1:45 to finish. I have 3 systems that I > > play with and none > > of them have to be booted to single user mode to do > > the installworld. > > When I finish, I have a log of the output from each > > step. I can point > > you to a copy of the latest run and say it isn't > > failing. If it does, > > I can also point to where it is failing. A > > buildworld runs about 5-6MB > > and isn't something most people would want to view > > :). The script > > helps because I don't make typo's and wonder what > > happened. > > > > Kent > > > > Yeah I would like to check that out. Link? It isn't anything clever. The main purpose was to provide me with an update record that had a date timestamp. A copy is at http://dsl1-160.dynacom.net/upworld. You need a copy of Ben Smithurst's cvsuplog from http://www.scientia.demon.co.uk/users/ben/software/cvsuplog/. That is the part I think is clever. There is a port called cvs2html and some others. I like the fact that these scripts connect my cvsup.log to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/. It makes figuring out what was changed a click of the mouse. Then, all you need is 7MB of disk for each time you run it. Kent > > > > > > > I did copy GENERIC to MYKERNEL and edit it > > > appropriately. I only made note of trying to build > > it > > > to point out I had problems with it also and that > > it > > > wasn't just MYKERNEL. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All > > in one Place. > > > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > > === message truncated === > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. 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