Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:30:22 +0200 From: Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: makeworld FAILURE on 5.4-STABLE Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060516122905.02251e08@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <200605160412.37036.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060512183937.02190800@broadpark.no> <200605150654.38042.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060516102601.02238458@broadpark.no> <200605160412.37036.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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At 11:12 16.05.2006, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: >On Tuesday 16 May 2006 03:30, Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > > > Hello Don! > > > > Yes it's the `make buildworld' as far as I know. > > > > The /etc/make.conf contains PERL_VER=5.8.7 and PERL_VERSION=5.8.7. > > > > Is it possible, do you think, to use a FreeSBIE CD maybe to clean out > > everything on my harddrive but my /home/kyrre where all my important > > files are, and then reinstall the latest FreeBSD without > > reformatting? > > > > It might be risky, let's say I hit the wrong switch and it does > > format everything, > > but you get my point right? To just lay a new FreeBSD on top of an > > empty harddrive? > > > > I hope this is possible somehow ... > > > > Well, take care Don! > > > > -- Kyrre >Is /home on a slice of its own. Mine is, for the reason that if I have >to blow off the system and reinstall, I can safely do that, as long as >I don't make any changes to /home, just remount it as /home. You can do >this with sysinstall, very easlily. > >Send the output from 'df', I can tell from that. > >Don Hello! Actually, my /home is under /usr ... uh oh huh? No can do then? Thanks for the tip of having /home as a seperate slice though, I'll treasure it for the rest of my days! Peace, Kyrre
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