Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:25:34 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem after update to 6.1 Message-ID: <44odwgp0ht.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060625170618.GA82413@saturn.pcs.ms> (Martin Schweizer's message of "Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:06:18 %2B0200") References: <20060625170618.GA82413@saturn.pcs.ms>
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Martin Schweizer <lists_freebsd@bluewin.ch> writes: > Since I updated 5.4R to 6.1R I get the following messages after reboot: > > [snip] > Starting sshd. > Starting cyrus_imapd. > Starting sendmail. > Starting cron. > Local package initialization: apcupsd. > Additional TCP options:. > Starting default moused:. > Starting inetd. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > /etc/rc: Cannot determine the PREFIX > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > # > > ... and I get no login prompt here. What is going wrong? > > I did the update like described in /usr/src/UPDATING: > [snip] > To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable or higher to 6.x-stable > ----------------------------------------------------------- > <make sure you have good level 0 dumps> > make buildworld [9] > make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8] > [1] > <reboot in single user> [3] > mergemaster -p [5] > make installworld > make delete-old > mergemaster -i [4] > <reboot> > [snip] My best guess would be a mistake in the mergemaster portion, because I can't even find the message you're getting. The system is going into single-user mode; use that to find the "Cannot determine the PREFIX" in the rc files, and install the latest version of whatever rc file that's in.
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