First install help

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krmwebbie

Hi all. I've been using debian for 10 years and thought I'd give freebsd a go. So I've installed iFreebsd on Qemu on my linux terminal. So I think I've compiled the kernel. I can get to /var/db/ but when I type freebsd update install as root I get the error:
freebsd-update: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/freebsd-update
Please be gentle. Even though I have bash experience, I'm completely new to compiling kernels and freebsd. Thanks for any help.
 
I suspect you may have accidentally removed /var/db/freebsd-update. Just recreate it; mkdir -p /var/db/freebsd-update
 
krmwebbie said:
… when I type freebsd update install as root I get the error:

freebsd-update: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/freebsd-update

Please be gentle. …
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Are you certain that it's run as root?

The message is normal if you attempt to fetch (prior to installation) without privileges:

Code: 
% freebsd-update install
You must be root to run this.
% freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/freebsd-update
%
 
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