RE: Buildworld problem?

john_at_day-light.com

To: "Java Weenie" <javaweenie@hotmail.com>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:17:15 -0500


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John Brooks
john@day-light.com 
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Java Weenie
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:38 AM
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Buildworld problem?
> 
> 
> I had a 4gig drive laying around that I wanted to use for a router, so I 
> installed the latest (from about 1.5 weeks ago) from the 5.x 
> distrubutions.  
> I added ipfw/natd/dummynet to the kernel file and did a full buildworld, 
> buildkernel.  I rebooted after install kernel, everything seemed 
> normal, did 
> install world/mergemaster, rebooted.  Right now, I have an 'ok' 
> prompt, it 
> appears after the 'Press enter to start booting immediately, or hit any 
> other key to <do something else>' option and it states it cannot 
> find kernel 
> or kernel.old.
> 
> My guesses are that either I got a really bad batch of sources, I 
> performed 
> a buildworld wrong (though I did double check my steps with the handbook 
> first), or my hard drive picked a really unusual place to die.
> 
> It is a new clean install so it wouldn't be a huge issue to 
> reinstall, but 
> if it is hardware, I will need to replace the drive before doing 
> this again.
> 
> Any thoughts on how to determine the problem?
> 
> Thanks for any tips.
> 
> 
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