Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:00:45 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5, chroot and /dev Message-ID: <20040811160045.GA1800@gicco.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20040811112512.57403402.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20040811151539.GA1658@gicco.homeip.net> <20040811112512.57403402.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Aug 11 at 11:25, Bill Moran spoke:
> Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote:
>
> > What is the recommended way to create the device nodes in /dev in a
> > chroot environment?
>
> This isn't a direct answer to your question, but it should help you
> work around your problem.
>
> After booting the CD, look in the /boot directory on the HDD. If you
> move the contents of /boot/kernel.old to /boot/kernel, you'll have
> restored your previous kernel, and can then reboot off the HDD to
> attempt to build a working kernel again.
Ok. Thanks.
I have now created /mnt/ufs.1/dev/fd/[012] by mknod and the links
/mnt/ufs.1/dev/std{err,in,out}.
Another build is now in progress which has come further than the
first one.
If this fails too I'll move /boot/kernel.old to /boot/kernel.
Thanks.
-Hanspeter
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