Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:28:44 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Steve Kaczkowski <steve@inc.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Am I doing this right? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002280025360.79284-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <38B9FB6D.229530A0@inc.net>
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This comes from /usr/src/UPDATING, which contains important information on upgrading, etc. -- snip -- COMMON ITEMS: To build a kernel ----------------- Update config, genassym and go: cd src/usr.bin/genassym make depend all install clean cd ../../usr.sbin/config make depend all install clean cd ../../sys/i386/conf config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE make depend && make make install To rebuild disk /dev entries ---------------------------- MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before starting the following: For N in the list of disks MAKEDEV N # eg ad0 for M in the list of slices MAKEDEV NsMa # eg ad0s1a To rebuild everything --------------------- make world Except when it doesn't work. To update from 3.x to 4.0 stable -------------------------------- cd /usr/src make buildworld cd sbin/mknod make install <follow directions to build/install a kernel> <follow rebuild disk /dev entries above> [*] reboot <in single user> cd /usr/src make -DNOINFO installworld make installworld [*] You may need to switch from wd to ad ala 19991210 -- snip -- On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Steve Kaczkowski wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade a 3.4 Release box to the latest Release tree, but > running into a few problems, I'm betting someone here can help me! :) > > >From what I've found searching the mailing list archives and web > pages,etc > this appears to be the way to do things: > > > I cvsup'd the the latest Release and all went well (no complaints), > here's > my supfile: > > *default host=cvsup3.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=. > *default delete use-rel-suffix > src-all > cvs-crypto > > Nothing too strange there so I'm assuming that's ok. > > I then remove the /usr/obj directory > do the 'make buildworld' which churns for a while (Only a P166) > All seems fine with the build, now here is where I run into some issues. > I've found some conflicting infomation as to what the next step is. > > One source says that I should recompile my kernel, reboot into single > user and do a 'make installworld'. Makes sense but I can't recompile my > kernel, I get errors like: > > config GENERIC > config: line 20: Unknown machine type > config: line 20: syntax error > config: line 21: syntax error > config: line 22: syntax error > ... > Specify machine type, e.g. ``machine vax'' > > Etc,etc,etc,etc... It doesn't know ANY x86 CPU, funny enough it doesn't > complain if I stick in 'machine vax'. > > Now if I do the 'make buildworld' then drop directly to single users and > attempt > the 'make installworld' it'll go for a bit and then finally error out > with: > > install-info --quiet --defsection="Programming & development tools." > --defentry="* libcom_err: (com_err). A Common Error Description > Library for UNIX." com_err.info /usr/share/info/dir > install-info: unrecognized option `--defsection=Programming & > development tools.' > Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Not quite sure what to check, I've done this probably 10 times now and > it seems > to do the same thing each time... > > Any hints? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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