Problems with 5.x

Matt Emmerton matt at gsicomp.on.ca
Thu Jun 30 22:17:54 GMT 2005


> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:57:38 -0400
> Matt Emmerton <matt at gsicomp.on.ca> wrote:
>
> > to be frozen. Next, I installed 4.10 (which installs fine) and tried
> > to cvsup to -stable, but had problems with buildworld.
>
> More information required (as almost always):
> - type and model of maxhine?

It's home-made.  It doesn't have a type or model.  FWIW, it's ran FreeBSD
fine since 3.2.

> - dmesg output from 4.11 (or 4.10)

Don't have it anymore.

> - describe in detail your buildworld problems (and any other problems),
> specifically any error messages you might get.

Basically, it konks out immediately while trying to rebuild 'make' because
of missing system headers.  Probably a caveat with trying to build 5.x on a
4.x machine but I didn't see anything in special instructions (UPDATING) or
on the web about this.

> Have you ruled out hardware problems? By running memtest86 for example?
> (Yes, I know that 4.10 installs ok. That proves almost nothing.)

The system has run fine for 3+ years - the hardware is fine.

> > Can anyone help me get 5.x (-stable) installed on this machine?
>
> People on this list can probably suggest things to try that will help
> you towards that goal, but so far I haven't found any mind readers on
> this list. You will have to give us all information in the normal way.
>
> > The machine is a clunker - P2-266 with 48MB RAM and a couple of 2GB
> > ATA drives.
>
> And you are not running out of space during buildworld?

/usr/obj and /usr/src are symlinked to filesystems on the 2nd 2GB drives;
space is not an issue.

--
Matt



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