From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 12:32:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4857216A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:32:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from web60604.mail.yahoo.com (web60604.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A726C43D6A for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:32:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from snailboy1@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040121203216.4047.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [172.141.81.154] by web60604.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:32:16 PST Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:32:16 -0800 (PST) From: David LeCount To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Upgrading from 4.3 to 5.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:32:43 -0000 I have what is proving to be a difficult challenge. My friend wants to start using FreeBSD. Unfortunately the latest disc I have is 4.3, and I don't have easy access to broadband, so obtaining a newer iso is unlikely in the near future. Well I've been gradually upgrading mine and it's currently using 5.2. So I figured I'd try the routine the handbook gives on upgrading multiple machines. I installed 4.3 on his, and then I made buildkernel and buildworld on mine, and copied /usr/src and /usr/obj to his. But when I try to install anything on his, make crashes immediately saying it made an invalid system call. In fact, I can try make buildworld and buildkernel and it does the same thing. I tried making other makefiles I found on the hard drive to test make, and it worked fine. Yet it crashes immediately for any targets in /usr/src. I really don't want to be defeated, so can anyone help a bandwidth handicapped FreeBSD fan? Many thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus