Problems updating from 5.4 to 6.0

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Monday 30 January 2006 20:13, Holmen Øystein wrote:
> I updated my system by changing releng_5_4 to releng_6. During mergemaster
> i accidentially replaced my master.passwd whith the one from src. At the
> next startup there were minor problems, but I thought i got them fixed.
> Later, however, the system froze, and the only option was a forced reboot.
> I tried fsck, and there seems to be a problem with the 'var' partition.
> Problem is that the system freezes during fsck (single user). I had to go
> back to my old kernel, but i have problems with a som programs, mysql, make
> and a few others. I get "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" messages. The
> problem now is that "make" failes, so I cannot reinstall my old system on
> the 5.4 kernel. Using the 6.0 kernel all ports and make works, but the
> system suddenly freezes. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds very much like dodgy hardware, eg bad PSU, motherboard, RAM, or CPU.

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