[Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

David Noel david.i.noel at gmail.com
Thu Jul 11 10:16:11 UTC 2013


Ah. That very well might be it. I did call buildkernel with j > 1.

I'll boot an 8.4 memstick and replace the kernel.

Thanks,

-David

On 7/11/13, Eduardo Morras <emorrasg at yahoo.es> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:40:38 -0500
> David Noel <david.i.noel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't include the make buildworld or make buildkernel for the sake
>> of brevity but yes, I executed them prior to installworld and
>> installkernel.
>
> Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a
> buggy kernel. Check your make configuration. Adding a -B, like make -B -j N
> buildkernel may work and is fast if -j is set to number or processors, but
> it's safer do a make -j 1 buildkernel, same for buildworld.
>
> HTH
>
> ---   ---
> Eduardo Morras <emorrasg at yahoo.es>
>


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