From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 13 18:51:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A4B16A47E for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:51:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spomerg@cwu.EDU) Received: from donald.cts.cwu.edu (donald.cts.cwu.edu [198.104.67.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3555913C4E7 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spomerg@cwu.EDU) Received: from CONVERSION-CWU-DAEMON.DONALD.CTS.CWU.EDU by DONALD.CTS.CWU.EDU (PMDF V6.3-x13 #31358) id <01MR8TOBKECG000IVE@DONALD.CTS.CWU.EDU> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.cwu.edu (hermes.cwu.edu [172.16.21.28]) by DONALD.CTS.CWU.EDU (PMDF V6.3-x13 #31358) with ESMTP id <01MR8TNDVHQM000JE0@DONALD.CTS.CWU.EDU> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:50:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwugate1-MTA by hermes.cwu.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:50:19 -0800 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:50:10 -0800 From: Gavin Spomer To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <47B2CB620200009000013E41@hermes.cwu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.2 HP Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Subject: Re: Rebuilding World Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:51:09 -0000 >>> "illoai@gmail.com" 02/12/08 6:13 PM >>> >On 12/02/2008, Chris H. wrote: >> Quoting Gavin Spomer : >. . . > > > 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. ;) =20 > > swapon -a (most cases; optional) >=20 > from note 3 near the end of /usr/src/UPDATING: >=20 > [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