From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 26 06:40:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C5116A401; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [216.9.132.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621D213C4A7; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46AE97E8D6; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:40:08 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6lrhAfwiEUTt; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:40:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (74-130-30-11.dhcp.insightbb.com [74.130.30.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED58C7E8D4; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:40:05 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <003b01c75940$fbc095f0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <6B2A41DC-79FA-42A1-B1BC-BB9F0A74B765@netmusician.org><200702251146.08150.Danovitsch@vitsch.net> <228AFDCF-D9C1-43F1-ACBE-719595B10FEE@netmusician.org> <003b01c75940$fbc095f0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <39E24107-964D-414C-95D1-5B1C376291E4@netmusician.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joe Auty Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:39:49 -0500 To: Ted Mittelstaedt X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.1.2 (Tiger) X-Gpgmail-State: signed X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: "Daan Vreeken \[PA4DAN\]" , Kip Macy , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic at boot on any 6.x OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:40:10 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 25, 2007, at 7:56 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Auty" > To: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" > Cc: "Kip Macy" ; ; > > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:14 AM > Subject: Re: kernel panic at boot on any 6.x OS > > >> >> Any idea how this could have happened after disabling everything in >> my /etc/loader.conf, and simply running a: >> >> make buildworld >> make buildkernel KERNCONF=myconfig >> make installkernel KERNCONF=myconfig >> > > well your supposed to do this single-user, run mergemaster and a > few other > things. > I also don't see a make installworld. > I usually perform those steps after I've rebooted to ensure that my system will boot off the new kernel, as per the instructions in the FreeBSD handbook. > Joe, please try booting from a 6.2-release install ISO. If it > works without > panicing, > then you did something wrong during the upgrade. > Downloading the image now, I'll let you know if I'm able to boot from it... > Since by your own admission your not an expert, you would be well > advised > to simply back up your files the old fashioned way, reformat your > hard disk, > install from a 6.2 boot ISO, then restore your files. Leave the fancy > in-place > updating to someone else. It's a big PIA and doesen't work half > the time > anyway. > How well does simply upgrading with the CD work (as opposed to wiping clean)? I've upgraded several times to new releases simply by rebuilding world, it has never failed me in the past. I don't doubt what you are saying here, but since I will have to change how I work, assuming that I can boot off of the 6.2 CD, I'd appreciate any general upgrade tips that don't involve wiping the disk clean (which is not really an option). For instance, is rebuilding world between point releases (e.g. 5.4 to 5.5) an okay idea, compared to across major releases (e.g. 5.5 to 6.2)? I'll do my own homework regarding this too, but I appreciate any nuggets of wisdom you might have! As far as me being an expert, I guess I'd categorize me somewhere in between complete newb and FreeBSD developer =) Thanks again! - ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFF4oC3CgdfeCwsL5ERAj3vAJ9bMYSj33hg/jU5jU6RyIjXqJ/YLwCfVumh FsunyXJGMjXHEHKso7xWzcI= =0p6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----