>From what I understand in the freebsd hand book, a cvsup get and a buildworld won't touch anything in /etc, so if I just re-do a build world of current I an *assuming* i'll be able to get back on track. -Jaosn -----Original Message----- From: Scott M. Likens [mailto:slikens_at_bsdwebsolutions.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 1:24 PM To: Jason Dictos; 'freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org' Actually, I think I did... mergemaster? Maybe no one caught it and assumed it was just a ranting flame, But I imagine running mergemaster and making sure the system is synch'd would make a world of difference. Just a token thought. --On Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:52 PM -0700 Jason Dictos <jason.dictos_at_tapeware.com> wrote: > Thanks scott, I'll try that out and let you know how it worked.. > > > Oh wait.. You didn't say anything helpful n/m > > -Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott M. Likens [mailto:slikens_at_bsdwebsolutions.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:16 PM > To: Jason Dictos; 'freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org' > > Okay, let's see here. > > First off you install FreeBSD 5.1, UFS2 possibly but I guess UFS1 > since it booted 4.9 > > Some stupid reason you downgraded to 4.9, didn't run mergemaster, so > all your /etc files are out of whack, and now you're bitching that > you're trying to do buildworld again, and getting errors. > > Amazing. > > Truly Amazing > > Comments anyone? > > > --On Friday, October 17, 2003 10:53 PM -0700 Jason Dictos > <jason.dictos_at_tapeware.com> wrote: > >> Hi Guys, here's the scenario: >> >> 1. Had FreeBSD 5.1 system running. >> 2. Did a cvsup get of stable (that's right, stable, so 4.9) 3. >> Compiled make buildworld, then did a make build world, and >> re-compiled with generic kernel 4. Booted into a system which could >> not mount the file system (expected since its 4.9) >> >> So now I am trying to save the system and here's where I've gotten to: >> >> 1. Booted disc 2 of 5.1 cd into "fixme" mode. >> 2. Mounted live cdrom filesystem and then mounted my root drive to >> /mnt 3. Did a chroot to /mnt so that I would emulate my live system >> environment 4. Re-did a cvsup of the branch current. >> 5. Ran make buildworld from /usr/src >> >> Here is what happens when I do that: >> >> "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an >> operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: >> Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", >> line 1: Need an operator "/dev/null", line 1: Need an operator >> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue >> "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 156: warning: >> "/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make -f /dev/null -m /usr/src/share/mk >> CPUTYPE=dummy -V CPUTYPE" returned non-zero status >> "/usr/src/Makefile.inc1", line 158: CPUTYPE global should be set with ?=. >> *** Error code 1 >> >> Help! >> >> -Jason >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ __ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs >> Email Security System. 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