Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:44:56 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: so@server.i-clue.de Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stable does not boot after make buildworld, ... Was: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yerkernels Message-ID: <396C6848.A4907221@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092043510.33246-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <396B76B0.D8BA4E02@i-clue.de>
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Christoph Sold wrote:
>
> > Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure:
> >
> > make buildworld
> > make buildkernel
> > make installkernel
> > shutdown (drop into single-user mode)
> > make installworld
> > mergemaster
> > reboot
> >
> > Depart from the above procedure at your own risk. Thankyou :-)
>
> Been there, done that, to the last letter ('kay, I didn't type the
> "(drop into single-user..." part). Fresh install from 4.0-Release,
> CVSup'ed after the binutils were declared clean. The system panics when
> loading linux.ko.
>
> It seems to me there is something not working as intended.
>
> Can any helpful soul look at the stable build sequence shown and
> determine why it crashes during loading linux.ko?
Yes. After the above procedure, your new kernel will be installed under
a different name, equal to the name of the kernel configuration file.
When booting, the old /kernel will get loaded, and that one is
incompatible with your newer modules.
There are two ways around this:
1) Edit /boot/loader.conf and add the line kernel="XYZZY", where XYZZY
is the name of your kernel.
2) See LINT (it's still LINT on -stable, right? :) for an option that
let you override the name, so that XYZZY will install kernels named
"kernel" again.
--
Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org
capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org
<jkh> _DES: The Book of Bruce has only one sentence in it, and it says
"the actual directives of my cult are left as an exercise for the
reader. Good luck."
<EE> jkh: does it really include the 'good luck' part?
<jkh> EE: OK, I made that part up.
<jkh> EE: I figured it should sound a bit more cheery than how Bruce
initially dictated it to me.
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