> Curtis Vaughan wrote: > >> After going through a cvsup >> make buildworld >> make kernel >> reboot >> >> I am now on make installworld >> > > A little too quickly, it seems. > >> I had to do a mergemaster -p in order to get make installworld to run, > > > And the reason for that you may see in a minute ... > >> but finally after seemingly corrected all the changes wtih >> mergemaster, make installworld ran. >> >> Well, it ran for a good while but then errored out with: >> >> install -o root -g wheel -m 444 test.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1 >> *** Signal 12 >> >> Now I'm really screwed. >> > > Yup. Go back to the top --- I missed where > in your list of steps you actually *installed* > the new kernel... > > From the handbook: > > Warning: While it is possible to update only parts of your > source tree, the only supported update procedure is to > update the entire tree and recompile both userland (i.e., > all the programs that run in user space, such as those in > /bin and /sbin) and kernel sources. Updating only part of > your source tree, only the kernel, or only userland will > often result in problems. These problems may range > from compile errors to kernel panics or data corruption. > > And also, the section entitled "The Canonical way to update your system": > > To update your system, you should use the following procedure: > > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel > # make installkernel**************** (emphasis mine) > # reboot > > You should boot in single user mode (using boot -s from loader > prompt for example). Then run: > > # mergemaster -p > # make installworld > # mergemaster > # reboot > > I'm not sure what to advise; your world is calling for > system calls your (old) kernel doesn't have. Either > reinstall on a new or blanked HDD and restore your > backed up data, or see if you can mount the drive on > another box and move all the kernel stuff (the new stuff) > to where it belongs, or stick around and see if someone > smarter than me (I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable > re: such things) has a better plan. > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. >
Well, that really sucks. I hate to say this, but I was going by the instructions provided in the 4th edition of The Complete FreeBSD. There is not a step for: make installkernel I guess I'll start all over. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
