From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 20:49:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F241516A403 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron2.sfsu.edu (iron2.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FC713C483 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from diana.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.239]) by iron2.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 05 Apr 2007 13:21:23 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAFT2FEaC1Arv/2dsb2JhbAA Received: from horde.sfsu.edu (horde.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.203]) by diana.sfsu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l35KLMIC426400 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:21:22 -0700 Received: (from apache@localhost) by horde.sfsu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id l35KLMCo015696 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:21:22 -0700 Received: from 63.164.145.161 ([63.164.145.161]) by webmail.sfsu.edu (IMP) with HTTP for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:21:22 -0700 Message-ID: <1175804482.46155a4211b0f@webmail.sfsu.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:21:22 -0700 From: kayve@sfsu.edu To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20070403020736.8549C241BF@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca> <20070404125452.M18358@fledge.watson.org> <14989d6e0704041034t1e197592jbd7d609ddd1d0765@mail.gmail.com> <1175734991.46144acfabc7a@webmail.sfsu.edu> <1175736045.46144eed676c2@webmail.sfsu.edu> <1175763113.1318.18.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> <1175804304.461559908e35e@webmail.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1175804304.461559908e35e@webmail.sfsu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: SFSU Webmail 3.2.1 X-Originating-IP: 63.164.145.161 Subject: Re: single user mode buildwerld failures 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: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:49:55 -0000 i am still trying to follow the below instructions. haven't done so yet, going away for the weekend. > > > // change to root > > $ su - > > // remove /usr/obj to speed up the build > > # cd /usr/obj && chflags -R noschg * && rm -rf * > > didn't do this.. but i guess that shouldn't matter. > > > // Build a new world > > # cd /usr/src > > # make -j4 buildworld > > // build a new kernel (do not put any job options for this build) > > didn't use "-j4" but otherwise i believe we did this. > > > # make buildkernel > > // install the new kernel > > gheist seemed to be aware of this and had an opinion about not > needing it. > > > # make installkernel > > // reboot to single user mode (boot -s from the loader prompt) > > # shutdown -r now > > > > did this. > > > // After reboot > > // check + mount all filesystems > > # fsck -p > > did this > > > # mount -u / > > # mount -a -t ufs > > did merely "mount -a" > > > # swapon -a > > // prepare /etc for the world install > > didn't do this. > > > # mergemaster -p > > // install the new world > > this step is where all hell broke loose. i got this strange question > that i didn't know how to respond to. my prompt changed. it felt > like things went seriously wrong here. > > > > > # cd /usr/src ; make installworld > > // run mergemaster again > > # mergemaster > > // reboot to an updated system > > # shutdown -r now > > > > All these instructions are in the handbook. > > > > Cheers > > > > Tom > > > > [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html > > [2] > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > > > >