Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:50:57 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ben Timby <asp@webexc.com> Subject: Re: Help, I killed my machine. Message-ID: <20050623215056.GC14105@keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <42BB1559.6010604@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <42BB0C22.6010000@webexc.com> <42BB1559.6010604@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06/23/05 10:02 PM, Bj=F6rn K=F6nig sat at the `puter and typed: > Ben Timby wrote: >=20 > > [...] I built the world and kernel as follows: >=20 > So I guess you didn't followed the step-by-step instructions in the=20 > migration guide? >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/migration-guide.html >=20 > > cd /usr/src > > make buildworld && make buildkernel > >=20 > > [...] > > > > I did mergemaster -p. >=20 > The -p stands for "pre-buildworld mode", i.e. you should run it before=20 > buildworld. ;-) >=20 > I would do a fresh clean installation in your case now. Uh, careful. My copy of the FreeBSD handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html) says to do it this way: # make buildworld # make buildkernel # make installkernel # reboot Note: There are a few rare cases when an extra run of mergemaster -p is needed before the buildworld step. These are described in UPDATING. In general, though, you can safely omit this step if you are not updating across one or more major FreeBSD versions. After installkernel finishes successfully, you should boot in single user mode (i.e. using boot -s from the loader prompt). Then run: # mergemaster -p # make installworld # mergemaster # reboot Every time I have to do an upgrade, one of my crucial steps prior to reboot is to print out that page and tape it to my right monitor. I always forget the right order. Always. Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint =3D C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Modesty: The gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. -- Oliver Herford --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCuy7Ar4Wi/oDI2aIRAuFGAJ9ZhGK2sU5lELKx1bxCv/HtrQrrLQCfeDAK qoiBRxFpEp8IpBJ6qvTFWlw= =w9f1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--
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