From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 14:23:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D54AD37B401; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net (lakemtao01.cox.net [68.1.17.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B099743FCB; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:23:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpuryear@usa.net) Received: from dpboxen.usa.net ([68.108.224.34]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030707212310.DHYV8337.lakemtao01.cox.net@dpboxen.usa.net>; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:23:10 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707161332.03031948@pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: dpuryear@pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:19:27 -0500 To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca From: Dustin Puryear In-Reply-To: <200307071359.36798.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030707155536.063a9d78@pop.netaddress.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030707155536.063a9d78@pop.netaddress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4-REL to FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE upgrade problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:23:14 -0000 At 01:59 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > (/usr/src/Makefile comments) > > 1. cd /usr/src > > 2. make buildworld > > 3. make buildkernel > > 4. make installkernel > > 5. reboot > > 6. mergemaster -p > >There's your problem. You should run "mergemaster -p" as step 2. The >-p means "Pre-buildworld". This was suggested on another list actually. Unfortunately, either you are wrong or the FreeBSD docs are wrong. In /usr/src/Makefile the steps are listed in the order I show above. Also, per the mergemaster manpage the -p option is used to update the "password database and recreate /etc/passwd." Ultimately, I think that this is an issue with the kernel recognizing the storage system, but I could be wrong! Please do correct me if I am. Quick reminder for others: The 4.4-REL kernel is able to mount / fine, but 4.8-STABLE is not. This may either be a symptom of another problem, or the immediate problem. Is this off-topic for freebsd-stable? --- Dustin Puryear Puryear Information Technology, LLC Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.