make installworld - permission denied

[Kent Stewart]

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 08:39 pm, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 January 2005 10:14 pm, Mark wrote:
> > Urgh, it was all going so well. I suppose it had to happen:
> >
> > I did as the hallowed handbook commanded:
>
> Why aren't you following /usr/src/UPDATING instead, that tends to be
> more up to date than the handbook.
>
> > #make buildworld
> > #make buildkernel KERNCONF=L004
> > #make installkernel
>
> This step should have been:
> 	make installkernel KERNCONF=L004
>
> > I rebooted into single user mode:
>
> Why don't you use "shutdown now" instead, that way your put into
> single user mode with things already mounted. Just accept the
> standard location of sh, cd into /usr/src and you can finish up.

The whole purpose for the boot into single user mode is to test the new 
kernel before you are fully dedicated to the upgrade. There are rare 
occasions when the new kernel will panick and you can boot kernel.old 
really easy and your system will run as if nothing is wrong until you 
figure out what is broken.

Kent

>
> > #mount -a
> > #cd /usr/src
> > #mergemaster -p
> > #make installworld
> >
> >
> > (setting of variables omitted, i'm typing from the screen!)
> > /tmp/install.XXXXXXXX make -f Makefile.inc1 reinstall
>
> This is something I don't think I've ever seen. Where does it say to
> do this. I think this is a big problem and once more I would suggest
> following /usr/src/UPDATING.
>
> > make: Permission denied
> >
> > ***Error code 126
> > Stop in /usr/src
> >
> > ***Error code 1
> > Stop in /usr/src
> >
> > Any ideas? AFAIK my permissions are still at their defaults.
> >
> > Apologies for any major errors I may have unwittingly made,
> > this is my first buildworld. Please tell me my setup is NOT
> > ruined, it still had that two-week-old-fresh-install feel to
> > it and I had everything just how I like it.
> >
> > Putting on a brave face.
>
> Final time: use the method in /usr/src/UPDATING. That's why it's
> there.
>
> Don

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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