FreeBSD 4.4-REL to FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE upgrade problem.

[Dustin Puryear]

At 01:59 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Freddie Cash wrote:
> > (/usr/src/Makefile comments)
> > 1. cd /usr/src
> > 2. make buildworld
> > 3. make buildkernel
> > 4. make installkernel
> > 5. reboot
> > 6. mergemaster -p
>
>There's your problem.  You should run "mergemaster -p" as step 2.  The
>-p means "Pre-buildworld".

This was suggested on another list actually. Unfortunately, either you are 
wrong or the FreeBSD docs are wrong. In /usr/src/Makefile the steps are 
listed in the order I show above. Also, per the mergemaster manpage the -p 
option is used to update the "password database and recreate /etc/passwd." 
Ultimately, I think that this is an issue with the kernel recognizing the 
storage system, but I could be wrong! Please do correct me if I am.

Quick reminder for others: The 4.4-REL kernel is able to mount / fine, but 
4.8-STABLE is not. This may either be a symptom of another problem, or the 
immediate problem.

Is this off-topic for freebsd-stable?


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