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Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:39:31 -0800
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Stable List" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: make installworld error at mbr - RELENG_4, src-all 
Message-ID:  <200111261839.fAQIdVd19400@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:09:26 %2B0200." <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIIENCDPAA.patrick@mip.co.za> 

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Probably not your problem, but it could be.

You are NOT following the published procedure for updating your
system. You should do the following:
1) make buildworld
2) make buildkernel
3) make installkernel
4) reboot to single user mode
5) make installworld

Because you dropping into single user and not re-booting you are:
1) Not confirming that the new kernel actually works before installing
   the whole new system 
2) Running installworld with the old kernel

That said, I suspect something else is wrong. But following the correct
procedures increases the chances of a successful update by a
significant margin.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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