From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 22:17:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17EAF16A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:17:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from skippyii.compar.com (ns1.compar.com [216.208.38.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C53B43D1F for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:17:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from hermes (CPE00062566c7bb-CM000039c69a66.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.28.254.189]) by skippyii.compar.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5UMTDuL085601; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:29:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <005e01c57dc1$9ec97490$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matt Emmerton" To: "Torfinn Ingolfsen" , References: <001001c57d8c$734fcbf0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20050630182717.11a3b2fd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:18:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Cc: Subject: Re: Problems with 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:17:54 -0000 > On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:57:38 -0400 > Matt Emmerton 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