On Wednesday 05 January 2005 10:14 pm, Mark wrote: > Urgh, it was all going so well. I suppose it had to happen: > > I did as the hallowed handbook commanded:
Why aren't you following /usr/src/UPDATING instead, that tends to be more up to date than the handbook. > > #make buildworld > #make buildkernel KERNCONF=L004 > #make installkernel This step should have been: make installkernel KERNCONF=L004 > > I rebooted into single user mode: Why don't you use "shutdown now" instead, that way your put into single user mode with things already mounted. Just accept the standard location of sh, cd into /usr/src and you can finish up. > > #mount -a > #cd /usr/src > #mergemaster -p > #make installworld > (setting of variables omitted, i'm typing from the screen!) > /tmp/install.XXXXXXXX make -f Makefile.inc1 reinstall This is something I don't think I've ever seen. Where does it say to do this. I think this is a big problem and once more I would suggest following /usr/src/UPDATING. > make: Permission denied > > ***Error code 126 > Stop in /usr/src > > ***Error code 1 > Stop in /usr/src > > Any ideas? AFAIK my permissions are still at their defaults. > > Apologies for any major errors I may have unwittingly made, > this is my first buildworld. Please tell me my setup is NOT > ruined, it still had that two-week-old-fresh-install feel to > it and I had everything just how I like it. > > Putting on a brave face. Final time: use the method in /usr/src/UPDATING. That's why it's there. Don -- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not totally useless, I can be used as a bad example. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"