Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:39:32 +0200 From: "Doron Shmaryahu" <doron@home.crc.co.za> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Make World Steps Message-ID: <023e01c2bdf3$51a70c80$0801a8c0@dman> References: <021201c2bdba$19a55eb0$0801a8c0@dman> <15911.27647.869579.944435@guru.mired.org>
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Hi, I boot the system by manually loading the kernel. I have used the upgrade procedure at least 20 times with no problems. Can anyone suggest a route to go that would redo the upgrade ?? thanks Doron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> To: "Doron Shmaryahu" <doron@home.crc.co.za> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:35 AM Subject: Re: Make World Steps > In <021201c2bdba$19a55eb0$0801a8c0@dman>, Doron Shmaryahu <doron@home.crc.co.za> typed: > This sequence > > > make buildworld; > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNEL > > make installkernel KERNCONF=KERNEL > > mergemaster -p > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > reboot > > leaves out the very important step of doing a reboot between the make > installkernel and the make installworld. You've just found out > why. Your new kernel isn't booting for some reason. If you had found > that out before doing the installworld, backing out the kernel would > be trivial and you'd have your old system back to work on the problems > presented by the new kernel. > > The one thing that isn't clear from your messages is what the kernels > you have rebuilt are doing. If they are going to "btx halted", then > try building a kernel with debugging built in, and follow the steps in > the writeup on freebsd.org for debugging kernel problems with kdb. > > If your new kernels are booting fine but ps and top are failing, then > you're managing to boot without going through the full boot loader > sequence, as that loads the kernel module and sets some symbols. I > don't think this is the case, but if it is, how are you booting the > system? > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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