Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:11:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Jason Dictos <jason.dictos@tapeware.com> Cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help saving my system Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031018160834.87722F-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <E50A109EE98AA049BAA09D725DB0714F01118A45@yt-internet.tapeware.com>
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Jason Dictos wrote: > 1. Had FreeBSD 5.1 system running. > 2. Did a cvsup get of stable (that's right, stable, so 4.9) > 3. Compiled make buildworld, then did a make build world, and re-compiled > with generic kernel > 4. Booted into a system which could not mount the file system (expected > since its 4.9) > > So now I am trying to save the system and here's where I've gotten to: > > 1. Booted disc 2 of 5.1 cd into "fixme" mode. > 2. Mounted live cdrom filesystem and then mounted my root drive to /mnt > 3. Did a chroot to /mnt so that I would emulate my live system environment > 4. Re-did a cvsup of the branch current. > 5. Ran make buildworld from /usr/src At this point, I'd probably do a "binary upgrade" install of 5.1 to make sure you have known-good binaries. I'd then boot to single-user mode and run find on /bin, /sbin, /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/sbin, et al, and make sure that there are no 4.x binaries left. If possible :-). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories > > Here is what happens when I do that: > > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 156: warning: > "/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make -f /dev/null -m /usr/src/share/mk > CPUTYPE=dummy -V CPUTYPE" returned non-zero status > "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 158: CPUTYPE global should be set with ?=. > *** Error code 1 > > Help! > > -Jason > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. For more information on a proactive email security > service working around the clock, around the globe, visit > http://www.messagelabs.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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