On 26/07/2011 15:01, Lars Eighner wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Jerome Herman wrote:
Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to rebuild world, but without
upgrading or even compiling the kernel.
The problem is such : I am presently working on a FreeBSD station
that seems to have quite a lot of problem, notably with fsck. I am
starting to wonder whether this BSD station was properly installed,
or if some of the system tools were pasted from older FreeBSD setup.
You should look into the problems you have without borrowing trouble.
Since the machine is in a remote location, I would prefer to avoid
full reinstall if possible. Among other things, single user mode is
not available.
So I was wondering, if I get the full sources with sysinstall, can I
make buildworld and then installworld without going through the
kernel phase or would this be a bad idea ?
You do not have to enter single user mode to make kernel. You "should"
enter single user mode to install world. And in any event, you have
to be
able to reboot the machine.
Actually, it is not absolutely necessary to enter single-user mode to
install world, but you have to kick all the users off, shut down the
daemons, and sync the discs. This can be difficult and error-prone. And
you have to be able to reboot the machine. If you can reboot the
machine, I
don't quite understand why you cannot enter single-user mode.
I strongly suggest you document the problems you are having with fsck and
any other system tools to obtain an accurate diagnosis of those problems.
I sure wil if the problem arises in a "sane" environment. But here, I
realized that my setup was twisted, probably due to an unholy mix of
FreeBSD versions.
I do not want to get people to try to figure out a problem that only
arise when people installing the OS where drunk.
Right now I am at step one : "make sure your system looks like something
we might be able to support". This box is supposed to be a 8.2, so I am
trying hard to make it a real 8.2.
Step two will be "make a long and clever bug report stating everything
you did and what you expected in result"
Step three "Find the bug, submit a patch, be the hero of the day" will
be someone else... sadly.
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