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Date:      Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:34:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Failed update
Message-ID:  <526027.78512.qm@web51009.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <319781.6756.qm@web51012.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

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--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A=0A> F=
rom: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com>=0A> Subject: Failed update=0A>=
 To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0A> Date: Sunday, =
August 9, 2009, 10:23 AM=0A> In upgrading 7.1-PRELEASE to -stable,=0A> all =
seemed fine until I rebooted out of single user mode=0A> after doing make i=
nstallworld and mergemaster.=0A> =0A> Now I get to devd and it dies.=A0 I'v=
e copied down=0A> what's on screen and typed it here.=0A> =0A> ****=0A> [sn=
ip]=0A> starting devd.=0A> =0A> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel m=
ode.=0A> cpu id =3D 0; apic id =3D 00=0A> fault virtual address =3D 0x30303=
13a=0A> fault code =3D supervisor write, page not present=0A> [snip]=0A> cu=
rrent process =3D 355 (devd)=0A> =0A> ****=0A> =0A> What critical step did =
I miss?=A0 Single user mode seems=0A> OK, and I can mount the drives (thoug=
h right now it'll tell=0A> me to fsck, since I just hard crashed).=A0 I hav=
e not=0A> tried to cycle this thing much, for fear of trashing=0A> somethin=
g further, but I did at least try one reboot.=A0=0A> Same issue.=0A> =0A> (=
and yes, I'll be researching this myself, but I thought=0A> I'd get this me=
ssage out there sooner rather than later...)=0A> =0A> Rich Mahlerwein=0A=0A=
I'm redoing the whole process in single user mode.  My guess is I goofed so=
mething during mergemaster and devd.conf is messed up.  (Mergemaster is, un=
deniably, my least favorite utility).  =0A=0AI can suffer the system being =
down for a while, as long as my wife has access to a handful of files.  =0A=
=0AHow would I go about mounting a USB stick, if such can be done in single=
-user mode?  =0A=0AI have several sitting around that I could copy stuff to=
 (I'm sure that's easier than pulling off the backup I made last night, sin=
ce the backup is in dump format on tape, and since my only bsd box is curre=
ntly not working...)=0A=0A=0A      



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