7.0-PRERELEASE installworld fails

[Chris]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:37:29 -0800 (PST)
Unga <unga888 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 03:38:16 -0800 (PST) Unga wrote:
> > 
> > > --- Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru> wrote:
> > 
> > > > > > This may be an overkill but should do the
> > job:
> > > > > > # rm -r /usr/src /usr/obj
> > > > > > <restore sources>
> > > > > > # cd /usr/src
> > > > > > # make buildworld
> > > > > > # make kernel
> > > > > > # mergemaster -p
> > > > > > # make installworld
> > > > > > # mergemaster -i
> > > > 
> > 
> 
> Sure, I'll do it again exactly as above without even
> reboot after make kernel, lets see what happens.

Reboots are needed  - What Boris is stating (and I agree) is frop the
other crap your doing. IE:

"2. After installkernel, I rebooted to single-user mode
with the new kernel, adjkerntz -i, fsck -p, mount -u
/, mount -a, swapon -a, /usr/local/bin/bash and follow
your steps until make installworld."

> 
> As per Chris' reply, I did everything in single-user
> because in my machine I have only 512MB RAM, I use
> KDE, if I compile on multi-user mode it goes into
> swapping and makes the compilation very long.

KDE has nothing to do with this, unless you have /etc/ttys hacked to
start kdm on boot OR you are using root as a common user.

If KDM is not being used, loggin in as root provides a shell - this is
what you ought to be doing. 

I hope you not logging in a a user (into KDE) then doing your upgrade in
a term as root.

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

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