Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:46:36 -0800 From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> To: "Freebsd-questions" <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem upgrading from 4.6 to 5.0 - RELEASE (lib.a not found) Message-ID: <001201c2c0ff$b2d82b60$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net> References: <002901c2c0f6$8faa84c0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net> <20030121025932.GB1786@scottro11.homeunix.net>
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> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:41:12PM -0800, James wrote: > > I've been running FreeBSD 4.6 since last June, and I decided to upgrade to > > 5.0 Release. > > > > I read through and followed the instructions listed in /usr/src/UPDATING. > > Here is what I did (as per the UPDATING file): > > > > cd /usr/src > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > cp src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints > > make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > cd src/sys/boot > > make install > > > > The problem comes at the above command(s): > > cd src/sys/boot ; make install > > Hrrm, is it possible, that since you're in src already, the path is off? > > (The error message seems to point in other directions, but I know this has > happened to a few people. I > > > Just for the heck of it, try > cd /usr/src/sys/boot > > (or cd sys/boot) > > > > -- Scott, thanks for the hints, but I've done that. :( I also do a "pwd" just to make sure where I am. I should have also have said: I cvsupped to RELEASE 5 yesterday at about 8pm. I've looked for that file "lib.a" on my HDD, but I can't find it. I used: find / -name "lib.a" Thank you for your quick response, though, Scott, I appreciate it. Got any more ideas? Thanks in advance! James Turnbull To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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