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> > Either I'm doing a "make build" or "cvsup stable-supfile". =20
> I've already
> > swapped the hd between the primary and secondary ide controllers and
> > still get the message.  The only thing left is to find a=20
> hard disk to
> > try out but hard disks are expensive in this part of the=20
> world so I was
> > wondering if my analysis is correct that the hard disk is at fault
> > before I commit and buy a new harddisk.
>=20
> 	I can sympathize with your situation. Unless you have=20
> an urgent need to
> stay with -stable you might simply want to stick with doing binary
> upgrades to the major releases. You might also try binary snapshots of
> -stable that are available at
> ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/ if you=20
> are looking
> for specific functionality that's available only in a certain=20
> snapshot.=20

By binary snapshots you mean do package install
(individually) as opposed to cvsup?

I really don't have an urgent need to stay -stable but I prefer using
cvsup to update my system that's why I keep banging at make world.

Thank you.


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