make installworld error

[Curtis Vaughan]

> Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>
>> After going through a cvsup
>> make buildworld
>> make kernel
>> reboot
>>
>> I am now on make installworld
>>
>
> A little too quickly, it seems.
>
>> I had to do a mergemaster -p in order to get make installworld to run,
>
>
> And the reason for that you may see in a minute ...
>
>> but finally after seemingly corrected all the changes wtih
>> mergemaster, make installworld ran.
>>
>> Well, it ran for a good while but then errored out with:
>>
>> install -o root -g wheel -m 444 test.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1
>> *** Signal 12
>>
>> Now I'm really screwed.
>>
>
> Yup.  Go back to the top --- I missed where
> in your list of steps you actually *installed*
> the new kernel...
>
>  From the handbook:
>
>         Warning: While it is possible to update only parts of your
>         source tree, the only supported update procedure is to
>         update the entire tree and recompile both userland (i.e.,
>         all the programs that run in user space, such as those in
>         /bin and /sbin) and kernel sources. Updating only part of
>         your source tree, only the kernel, or only userland will
>         often result in problems. These problems may range
>         from compile errors to kernel panics or data corruption.
>
> And also, the section entitled "The Canonical way to update your system":
>
>         To update your system, you should use the following procedure:
>
>         # make buildworld
>         # make buildkernel
>         # make installkernel**************** (emphasis mine)
>         # reboot
>
>         You should boot in single user mode (using boot -s from loader
>             prompt for example). Then run:
>
>         # mergemaster -p
>         # make installworld
>         # mergemaster
>         # reboot
>
> I'm not sure what to advise; your world is calling for
> system calls your (old) kernel doesn't have.  Either
> reinstall on a new or blanked HDD and restore your
> backed up data, or see if you can mount the drive on
> another box and move all the kernel stuff (the new stuff)
> to where it belongs, or stick around and see if someone
> smarter than me (I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable
> re: such things) has a better plan.
>
> Kevin Kinsey
> DaleCo, S.P.
>

Well, that really sucks.  I hate to say this, but I was going by the
instructions provided in the 4th edition of The Complete FreeBSD.  There
is not a step for:
make installkernel

I guess I'll start all over.