Re: makeworld worked - my first attempt at this revisited
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 19:57, parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote Chip Wiegand thusly... > > > > In a nutshell, these are the steps I followed - > > # less /usr/src/UPDATING > > > # cd /usr/obj/ > > # chflags -R noschg * > > # rm -rf usr (this didn't exist to begin with) > > # ls -la (it was empty before I even started) > > # cd /usr/src > > # make cleandir && make cleandir > > # make buildworld > > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > # make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > > # reboot > > # boot -s > > # fsck -p > > # mount -t ufs -a > > you do understand that there is no need to mount all the ufs's, only > filesystems need to installworld? if you have only the required > partitions as ufs's, then, of course, there is no difference. Didn't know that. I was just following someone else's tutorial. This was my first time doing this. > > # swapon -a > > say, why would one want to do fsck and/or swapon? just to be safe? Again, I'm new at this. > > # cd /usr/src > > # make installworld > > # mergemaster -v > > you may also want to look into "-i" option (to install uninstalled files > w/o being asked). > - parv I'll keep that in mind for the next time, which won't be too long from now. -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: makeworld problem - my first attempt at this
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 13:59, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > Hi Chip, > > I has the same problem (and a lot of more problems) when I use > mergemaster in my first update. > > At the time, someone said to me to use mergemaster in this form: > > # mergemaster -svia > # mergemaster -svir > > The first command puts in /var/temproot all the files that differ from > installed versions. > > The second one is manual. > > I always used this method and never had a problem. > > Bye, > > Nuno Teixeira I'll keep that handy. On my spare box I just reinstalled fbsd-4.4 and now am doing cvsup stable-supfile. I'm going to do the whole process over again to make sure I got it down. After all, what's a spare box for anyway? -- Chip W www.wiegand.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: makeworld problem - my first attempt at this
On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 18:51, Mike Hoskins wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2002, JJ Behrens wrote: > > > Do you think this is because he was running an older very of mergemaster? > > That seemed likely, but as I recall (maybe I read the post wrong), he was > trying to specify the full path to the newly-built mergemaster residing > under /usr/src/usr.sbin... (Using the correct mergemaster is mentioned in > UPDATING, which he said he'd read.) > > Later, > -Mike Yes, I did use the full path to mergemaster. After it failed I tried again inside the directory /usr/src/use.sbin/, and it still did not work. This was before make installworld, as specified in UPDATING, of course. After I ran pwd_mkdb I ran mergemaster again with the -p option and it worked. I don't know if that utility had anything to do with it. But it did finally work, and now make installworld is running, half-an-hour now. Another question - In the handbook, 19.4.11 Update /dev, is the next step, but it is unnecessary if using devfs. I don't know if I am using devfs. UPDATING does not specify this step. Do I assume I am using devfs and assume another mergemaster will take care of it? Also in the handbook, 19.4.12 Update /stand, is not mentioned in the UPDATING file. I know the handbook says it is not necessary, but is this recommended? The UPDATING file specifies to run mergemaster again after installworld, I assume I run it without any options, correct? Then a reboot should finish up the process. Regards, Chip W www.wiegand.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: makeworld problem - my first attempt at this
On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 17:27, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 04:23:08PM -0700, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > [...] > > #make installworld > > faild again, same message as before - required smmsp user ismissing. > > According to UPDATING running mergemaster would take care ofthis > > problem. > > > > That is where I am stuck. What to do now? > > You can add the smmsp user and group manually to /etc/master.passwd and > /etc/group. Remember to run pwd_mkdb, and then try the mergemaster again > -- > Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for the tips guys, it's running right now, has been for a while. I ran pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd, then ran mergemaster -p, and this time it worked. I don't know why mergemaster -p didn't work before. Even the -help screen did not show -p as an available option. Anyway, my first time at this and it appears to be going okay for now. Thanks, Chip W www.wiegand.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
