make kernel / make installworld failed - Signal 4

[Alex de Kruijff]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:57:44AM +0200, Owen.G wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My PC is (or rather until Sunday, WAS) running 5.2.1#9.  I edited the 
> kernel to reflect my installed hardware and add support for the PF 
> firewall and then did a CVSup for sources - keeping to 5.2.1.  This 
> isn't the first kernel edit and upgrade I've done but as far as I recall 
> the only changes I made were the "pfi_hooks" (or something similar - for 
> the PF firewall) and to disable the ata keyboard - I can use USB to a 
> KVM switch.
> 
> Here's what happened . . .
> 
> # make buildworld - finished OK
> # make kernel KERNCONF=EDEN - finished OK

Shouldn't this be 'make buildkernel KERNCONF=EDEN && make installkernel
KERNCONF=EDEN'?

> * PC rebooted OK
> # make installworld - failed with errors part way through.
> * PC failed to reboot.  It gets part way through and then reboots.
> . . .

Have you looked for clues at /usr/src/UPDATE? You may have forgot to
perform a mergemaster -p

-- 
Alex

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