Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:06:39 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DEVICE.hints Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010820000639.01132088@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20010819184459.E2962-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> References: <3.0.5.32.20010819234201.01132088@mail.sage-american.com>
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Vincent: The kernel compiled and installed fine now and I'm going to stop there for tonight on a good upnote... it's midnight now and my "coach is waiting". Much obliged for the help.... At 06:45 PM 8.19.2001 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > Thought so... =) but it should be 5.0-CURRENT since the only >-CURRENT before 5.0 was 4.0 and then 3.0. > > >Cheers, >Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ >Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] >WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] >San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] >HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] >Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > >On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > >> OUCH! I said I was groggy (and not from beer!) I meant 4.3-CURRENT >> >> You are right.... >> >> I am rerunning the kernel now.... >> >> At 06:25 PM 8.19.2001 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: >> > That's strange unless you're getting something other than 4.3 >> >sources because 4.3-RELEASE doesn't contain /boot/device.hints while >> >-CURRENT and -STABLE does. I've been recompiling the 4.3-RELEASE kernels >> >a lot recently during the past few days on various machines because of the >> >security advisories and none of them had a /boot/device.hints file on >> >them. -CURRENT I know has /boot/device.hints as a requirement. It seems >> >the UPDATING file you're referring to is probably from -STABLE and not >> >-RELEASE since the 4.3-RELEASE /usr/src/UPDATING has the following >> >timestamp: >> > >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 31572 Mar 25 10:35 /usr/src/UPDATING >> > >> > and these are the only entries but no 20000825 entry... >> > >> >20000827: >> > sendmail has been updated from 8.9.3 to 8.11.0. Some of the more >> > visible changes that may immediately affect your configuration >> > include: >> > - New default file locations from src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README >> > - newaliases limited to root and trusted users >> > - MSA port (587) turned on by default >> > - New queue file naming system so can't go from 8.11 -> 8.9 >> > - FEATURE(`rbl') renamed to FEATURE(`dnsbl') >> > - FEATURE(`nullclient') is more full featured >> > - FEATURE(`nouucp') requires an argument: `reject' or `nospecial' >> > - mail.local FreeBSD-only -b option changed to -B >> > - See src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more info >> > >> >20000803: >> > The "installkernel" target has changed slightly. Now even if >> > you override KERNEL e.g. 'make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL' >> > it will install the MYKERNEL file (built with the buildkernel >> > target) as /kernel rather than /MYKERNEL. Those who have >> > updated their /boot/loader.conf files to point to /MYKERNEL >> > should remove that entry or perform manual rename of /kernel >> > to /MYKERNEL. >> > >> > >> >Cheers, >> >Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ >> >Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] >> >WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] >> >San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] >> >HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] >> >Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: >> > >> >> Yeah, UPDATING now shows "20000825" /boot/device.hints is now required for >> >> installkernel to succeed and says to do the copy over as you show.... >> >> >> >> Thanks for the fast help... getting groggy here... >> >> >> >> At 06:01 PM 8.19.2001 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: >> >> >On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Ran CVSup for 4.3-RELEASE and ran make buildworld >> >> >> which succeeded... >> >> >> >> >> >> Then make kernel showed that it completed the build, but then it stopped >> >> >> with error Code 1 after saying "must setup a /boot/device.hints file >> first" >> >> >> >> >> >> I read the handbook, but nothing perpared me for this error. >> >> >> Anyone know about this file? >> >> >> Also, once such a file is there, should I rerun, make kernel? >> >> > >> >> > As far as I remember, 4.3-RELEASE doesn't have a >> >> >/boot/device.hints file but 5.0-CURRENT does: >> >> > >> >> > Do the following and then rebuild the kernel and reinstall: >> >> > >> >> >cp -p /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Cheers, >> >> >Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ >> ____ >> >> >Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / >> |[__ ] >> >> >WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | >> __] ] >> >> >San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | >> __] ] >> >> >HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin >> /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] >> >> >Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jack L. 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