>> Could anyone explain to me what I am doing wrong? make installworld fails >> each time with the following error >> >> ===> stand/i386/libi386 (install) >> ===> stand/i386/loader_4th (install) >> strip -R .comment -R .note -o loader_4th.bin loader_4th.sym >> btxld -v -f aout -e 0x200000 -o loader_4th -l >> /usr/obj/usr/src/i386.i386/stand/i386/btx/btxldr/btxldr -b >> /usr/obj/usr/src/i386.i386/stand/i386/btx/btx/btx loader_4th.bin >> make[6]: exec(btxld) failed (No such file or directory) >> *** Error code 1 >> >> This is with source of last week. I had this problem before (from old >> sources) and fixed it by specifying the full path to btxld in the >> stand/i386/*/Makefile. > > Yes, this is most likely your clock(s) being off. At installworld time, > it should *not* start rebuilding your loader. > > Usually this happens if you build on one machine, and install on > another, while the install machine's time is behind the build machine's > time. But it can also happens on one machine, for instance if you > start in single user mode, and the clock is not yet synchronized. > > -Dimitry > Dimitry,
My VirtualBox VMs do have a tendency to lag when I am not using them for a while. I've adjusted time and started ntpd. In the past that would not fix the time lag permanently. I'll do a fresh buildworld and see whether that completes. Nick _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"