Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:50:10 -0800 From: Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding World Problems Message-ID: <47B2CB620200009000013E41@hermes.cwu.edu>
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>>> "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> 02/12/08 6:13 PM >>> >On 12/02/2008, Chris H. <chris#@1command.com> wrote: >> Quoting Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU>: >. . . > > > for some reason. Having said that, I figured I would also have to be > > > in /usr/src for the "make installworld" step. But I couldn't do that! > > > Why? I could cd to /usr, but not /usr/src! > . . . > > reboot (in single user mode) > > > > fsck -p (optional, but a good idea) > > mount -u / > > mount -a -t ufs > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^----- this is why you couldn't cd into /usr/src Yep, makes sense to me now. Kinda difficult to cd to unmounted file systems. ;) > > swapon -a (most cases; optional) > > from note 3 near the end of /usr/src/UPDATING: > > [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do > fsck -p > mount -u / > mount -a > cd src > adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time > Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that > you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. Yes, I've been caught red-handed, slacking on reading of the documentation. ;) - Gavin
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