From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 21 9:42:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17CD637B401 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:42:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f218.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F5643F13 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:42:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hakubi_@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:42:23 -0800 Received: from 209.126.158.82 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:42:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.126.158.82] From: "a l" To: neuhauser@bellavista.cz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.7-STABLE upgrade boot failure. Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:42:23 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jan 2003 17:42:23.0417 (UTC) FILETIME=[7477CA90:01C2C174] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ># hakubi_@hotmail.com / 2003-01-21 08:36:33 -0800: > > > Or maybe, are you really sure you have the proper devices in /dev? > > > > No, I'm not. At this point I'm not sure of anything, seems like. All >I've > > done in /dev is a MAKEDEV std with the MAKEDEV directly from /usr/src, > > without removing the devices currently in there. It was my understanding > > that that would rebuild everything. > > did you let mergemaster run MAKEDEV for you, or did you run > > /dev/MAKEDEV std > > while being in /usr/src? If the latter, you didn't rebuild the > devices in /dev/, you created them in /usr/src instead! That would > indeed explain your problems. No, I just meant that I copied MAKEDEV from /usr/src into /dev, and then ran ./MAKEDEV std from /dev, as per the UPDATING instructions. I do suspect this as being related, as I just noted that as of the 20020318 entry notes an ATA change. I'm just not sure what else to try. Sorry for replying privately, this account isn't on the list. I'll be sure to CC it in from now on. I appreciate the suggestions. Aaron Lewis. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message