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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 1997 23:23:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: After make world: "file system mount failed"
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971027232143.14116B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.971027183112.gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>

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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Greg Pavelcak wrote:

> >Hm.  It looks like mount already understands how to mount ufs volumes
> >without any special help.  I know that the mount() interface changed
> >from
> >2.x to 3.0-CURRENT; did you update your mount* programs appropriately?
> >
> Depends on what would constitute doing that. I didn't have anything
> customized on this machine, so I just did make world, make
> distribution. I started by rebuilding config, but it looks like I
> forgot to make a new kernel before I built the world. Boot-up reports a
> 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel. Perhaps that's my problem? If so, is there any
> way to get a -current kernel over there.

Doooh!  I just remembered that -- make world doesn't build a kernel!  

Make up a 2.2.2 install/fixit floppy set and use the fixit floppy to mount
the filesystems, then build & install a new kernel.  The fixit floppy will
have appropriate copies of mount present so that should work.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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