Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:23:16 -0500 From: Ed Budd <ebudd@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3-Beta1 to 5.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <419D12C4.3010807@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <419D1270.9010104@grokking.org> References: <20041109013813.GC576@internode.com.au> <F11A0A08-39A6-11D9-A404-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <419D1270.9010104@grokking.org>
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Ed Budd wrote: > Curtis Vaughan wrote: > >>> >>> o update from cvs >>> # cd /usr/src >>> # make update >>> o build world/kernel in your normal or single-user mode >>> # cd /usr/obj >>> # rm -rf * >>> # cd /usr/src >>> # make buildworld >>> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL >>> o install kernel/world in single user mode >>> # reboot [ Choose single User Mode ] >>> # cd /usr/src >>> # make installkernel KERNCONF=YOURKERNEL >>> # make installworld >>> o run mergemaster -p >>> # mergemaster -p >>> o reboot >>> # reboot >>> >>> It's fairly straight-forward once you get the gist :) >>> >>> >> Following Adam's suggestion, I have now gotten to the point where I >> rebooted into Single-User Mode, entered the /usr/src directory and >> then entered the command: >> make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >> >> But it almost immediately comes back with errors about the fact that >> certain directories don't exist and problems with the fact that the >> file system is read only. >> >> Perhaps I entered Single User Mode wrong? On a reboot, I chose not to >> boot into any system, but to go directly to the loader prompt >> (something like that). Then I entered the command: boot -s >> >> Curtis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Did you remember to mount the partitions after logging in single-user mode? > > mount -a > cd /usr/src > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > _______________________________________________ > Oops that should have read: make installworld KERNCONF=MYKERNEL Sorry...
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