> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:57:38 -0400 > Matt Emmerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
