On 13 February 2011 16:51, Rem Roberti <remeg...@comcast.net> wrote: > This is a new one for me. I decided to do a manual update on my 8.1 box, > starting with csup. Buildworld went fine, as did buildkernel. However, > when I tried to install the new kernel installkernel choked with an error > message telling me that it could not proceed because the root partition was > full. What! I did a df and sure enough the root partition was overloaded. > When I installed the system I used sysinstalls recommended sizes for the > root partion, which is around 10G. Anyway, when I rebooted, the system > rebooted into single user mode, and that is presently where I stand. I have > no idea how to proceed at this point, and would appreciate any help in > fixing this. Of course, I smell a newbie type error in all of this, but > haven't quite figured out where I went wrong.
To fix your booting, I suggest that you check that /boot/kernel.old exists: # [ -d /boot/kernel ] && echo Yes! If this doesn't say Yes! then stop, and wait for someone to help you out a little more. If it does: # /bin/mv /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.faulty # /bin/mv /boot/kernel.old /boot/kernel # reboot That should get you back up until you can fix your other problems! Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
