Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:32:29 -0600 From: "WolfRyder" <wolfryder@qwest.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Okay, what am I doing wrong here Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030124111748.00ae8360@pop.omah.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <20030124170813.GN86853@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030124090552.00a85270@pop.omah.uswest.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20030124090552.00a85270@pop.omah.uswest.net>
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> > Hey all...I'm a real newbie and am trying to install FreeBSD on my server. > > I've made 2 installs, which go well, then I makeworld, recompile the > kernel > > and buildworld install and run the mergmanager, just like it says to do in > > chapter 21. Follow it step by step... > > I think you got it wrong. The steps are: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_CONFIG_FILE > make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_CONFIG_FILE > shutdown now > fsck -p > mount -u / > mount -a -t ufs > swapon -a > make installworld > mergemaster -yourswitches > reboot > > I govern a few machines none of which is very busy, and always > short-circuit the sequence to: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_CONFIG_FILE > make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_CONFIG_FILE > make installworld > mergemaster -si > reboot Yes, that's what I did...in my frustration I shortened words...I'm sorry...only thing I did differently in the last "short-circuit" sequence is the handbook said to run mergemaster before make buildworld and I didn't do the -si after the second mergemaster. I still lost the getty tty terminal windows. pre-I updated the src and ports to sync the source, as per chapter 21.3 1.ran mergemanager as per chapter 21.4.3 Updating the files in /etc 2.shutdown now (single user mode) 3.make buildworld 4.make buildkernel KERNCONF=MY_CONFIG 5.make installkernel KERNCONF=MY_CONFIG 6.single-usermode again (shutdown now) 7.make installworld 8.mergemaster 9.reboot I've just completed my 3rd reinstall and I'm gonna go through the steps without installing any software. just bare-bones, and see if I can get it to work. Use GENERIC (again) and try not to throw my computer out the window. frustrated, Carol To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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