From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 22 16:27:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axel.truedestiny.net (a185066.upc-a.chello.nl [62.163.185.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9D537B880 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by axel.truedestiny.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0309D49AB2; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:10:31 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:10:31 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers To: Jeff Shevlen Cc: Axel Scheepers , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buildworld Message-ID: <20020422121031.L82499@mars.thuis> Reply-To: Axel Scheepers References: <001e01c1e965$b3a1f930$b300a8c0@wenk> <20020421180115.E82499@mars.thuis> <007901c1e98e$9b69e200$b300a8c0@wenk> <20020421234922.H82499@mars.thuis> <00bc01c1e99e$cb438930$b300a8c0@wenk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00bc01c1e99e$cb438930$b300a8c0@wenk>; from jshevlen@passedpawn.com on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 06:38:50PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 06:38:50PM -0700, Jeff Shevlen wrote: > I've been cleaning /usr/obj each time unfortunately, and it hasn't > made a difference. > > I've also tried to download the sources again, and this is the next in > what's turning into a growing line of problems: I can't get out to the > network. Because of the problems associated with buildworld, the > machine can no longer connect to the network. I've tried to get out > (ping, traceroute, cvsup) but to no avail. I've tried using > sysinstall to grab the sources, but that doesn't work either. > Le'Catch 22. Damn it's messed up. You could try to boot from a rescue disk with a kernel equal to the world setup, that way you can mount your existing root and probably use your base again (depends until where the copying went). After that you can get the sources (get the right branch, eg 4-5-STABLE) and compile them, keeping lots of data. > > I think I'll just scrub and reinstall. The machine is pretty bare > bones, and I've spent the better part of the weekend pissing around > with it. I'm kinda loathe to do a reinstall though; leaves a Win > taste in my mouth. Well, ok, but then again that shouldn't be neccesary, it's just the way you want to do it, keeping the box will probably cost a bit more effort then reinstalling it. > > Thanks anyhow, > Your welcome Gr, -- Axel Scheepers UNIX System Administrator email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net a.scheepers@iae.nl http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel ------------------------------------------ Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance. ------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message