make installworld error

[Curtis Vaughan]

So, it is my understanding that I did in fact do things right (or that is
to say that The Complete FreeBSD had the right directions.  But that
something else went wrong.

BTW, I installed 4.8 from scratch.  Then spent a couple of days preparing
to do a cvsup making sure that I set everything up right (sources:
Complete FreeBSD, freebsd.org, and this list.

Then I did the cvsup.  Everything else I've already written about in a
previous letter.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that booting into an old kernel is an
option.  I have looked at the files on my system and there is no
kernel.old or anything like it. There is only a kernel directory under the
/boot/ directory.

What information do I need to provide to perhaps salvage this system?
And what steps did I possibly miss?

Curtis

> "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz> writes:
>
>> Yup.  Go back to the top --- I missed where
>> in your list of steps you actually *installed*
>> the new kernel...
>
> That would be where he said:
>
>> > make kernel
>
> which is equivalent to "make buildkernel installkernel".
>
> It doesn't explain quite what's happening here, though -- and he
> didn't even *hint* at such basic clues as what version he was updating
> from or to (there may be extra steps for large updating jumps).
>
> Booting the old kernel is certainly worth a try before starting over,
> though; the system is quite likely to be salvageable.
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