From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 04:40:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9D716A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 04:40:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEACA43D1D for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 04:40:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from donaldj1066@fastmail.fm) Received: from unknown (HELO pres7000.mylan.net) (donaldj@ameritech.net@69.211.77.105 with plain) by smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jan 2005 04:40:04 -0000 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:39:49 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050105201412.A38777@logik.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20050105201412.A38777@logik.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501052239.50003.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: make installworld - permission denied X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:40:05 -0000 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 donaldj1066@fastmail.fm I'm not totally useless, I can be used as a bad example.