Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:13:44 -0800 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.edu> Subject: Re: Rebuilding World Problems Message-ID: <20080212191344.46wd4p6nms0cogcw@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0802121813r55a94443r6ba8733d31788c22@mail.gmail.com> References: <47B161630200009000013D1B@hermes.cwu.edu> <20080212163457.sg35fvnbsgsg4s8w@webmail.1command.com> <d7195cff0802121813r55a94443r6ba8733d31788c22@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>: > On 12/02/2008, Chris H. <chris#@1command.com> wrote: >> Quoting Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU>: > . . . >> > for some reason. Having said that, I figured I would also have to be >> > in /usr/src for the "make installworld" step. But I couldn't do that! >> > Why? I could cd to /usr, but not /usr/src! > . . . >> reboot (in single user mode) >> >> fsck -p (optional, but a good idea) >> mount -u / >> mount -a -t ufs > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^----- this is why you couldn't cd into /usr/src > >> swapon -a (most cases; optional) > > from note 3 near the end of /usr/src/UPDATING: > > [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do > fsck -p > mount -u / > mount -a > cd src > adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time > Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that > you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. 2 things I feel worth mentioning - well, 3; I just performed a 5.2 --> 7b4 upgrading using the "cheat sheet" I provided. All went w/o error/troubles. It (cheat sheet) has also served me well many yrs. w/o issues. I /did/ mention that the "cheat sheet" I provided was not a replacement for /usr/src/UPDATING. But you /strategically/ removed that part of the post. Context is also lost. > > > > -- > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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