From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 1 03:06:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3AA16A418 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitan.adler@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A0B13C45E for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:06:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitan.adler@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f1so47036rvb for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:06:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=k/fqrsXzKmMgFEghQYw83xPkG3Z+17Dhyz0ypb913lKmDYdNLXMQJjN9k5Q64NOILzx8KB/Qz78jxPWqKaWYPAifVGmdDVYzjPmndchNprkFLxVZ/N50cghZ4YuJV0lh6gBWkFmz1r98ts9n06U8NGYJqELME+EX3klm9jbHdsU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=mG+bbmf1BWoua+Z59cm3NWcHu5r8YKABYZo1jon2rVypTGgRpOjJh5KBbLmlIpQG+tgxULn0BhULCLpHATW5PhP+42eOUQ1OuDzKfkQbeGgjLRSuBnNzaFLAI40N42xUT98AdyMVKtHOCSrTDYIvu9dKuDOMu5jUyW08C9aE50s= Received: by 10.142.14.20 with SMTP id 20mr13028wfn.1185937565165; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:06:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.17.15 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:06:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:06:04 -0400 From: "Aton A" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: upgrading to --current X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:06:06 -0000 I have followed these instructions topdate my sources and build the relevant files To update your system, you should check /usr/src/UPDATING for any pre-buildworld steps necessary for your version of the sources and then use the following procedure: # make buildworld # make buildkernel # make installkernel # reboot Then I tried this After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). Then run: # mergemaster -p but I get an error: mkdir /var/tmp/temproot: read only filesystem **FATAL ERROR can not create /var/tmp/temproot Any help here on fixing this?