From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 21 10:20: 5 2003 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 4689037B401 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:20:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f120.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA58243E4A for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:20:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hakubi_@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:20:03 -0800 Received: from 209.126.158.82 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:20:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.126.158.82] From: "A. Lewis" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.7-STABLE upgrade boot failure. Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:20:03 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jan 2003 18:20:03.0871 (UTC) FILETIME=[B7CDB2F0:01C2C179] 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 >From: Roman Neuhauser > > > > > > did you let mergemaster run MAKEDEV for you, or did you run > > > > > > /dev/MAKEDEV std > > > > > > while being in /usr/src? If the latter, you didn't rebuild the > > > devices in /dev/, you created them in /usr/src instead! That would > > > indeed explain your problems. > > > > No, I just meant that I copied MAKEDEV from /usr/src into /dev, and > > then ran ./MAKEDEV std from /dev, as per the UPDATING instructions. > > hmm, does UPDATING say you should do that? all I know is >mergemaster > asks whether I want to have /dev/* rebuilt, and I let it do so. > > UPDATING notwithstanding, you did *not* rebuild ad{4,5}*. take a > look in /dev/MAKEDEV: calling it with "std" does not touch ad* at > all. what you want is: > > cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV all ad4 ad5 yeah, this updated my ad* entries just fine, which was actually the conclusion i'd come to a little while ago, i just didn't know how to do it. Silly me thinking that "all" == everything. all of this aside, the base problem remains. Even with the updated ad* entries sitting in /dev, I still get a root mount failed error message on boot with no way I can see to load the 4.7 kernel. the 4.5RC1 kernel still loads. scratching my head.. Thanks for the help. Aaron Lewis. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message