From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 11 23:27: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366A937BAD7 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:26:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0581.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.252.71]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA17671; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:26:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA16338; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:25:27 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Emmanuel Gravel Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade woes Message-ID: <20000611232527.D16019@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <39447959.D9C9E185@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <39447959.D9C9E185@earthlink.net>; from egravel@earthlink.net on Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 10:47:05PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 10:47:05PM -0700, Emmanuel Gravel wrote: > I have 3.3 release installed on a P90 with 32 MB of RAM. > Fairly basic install. Tried upgrading to 4.0 in these > ways: > > 1- cvsup the source and make buildworld > 2- /stand/sysinstall with FTP set to ftp.freebsd.org and > release set to /.0/FreeBSD/release/i386/4.0-RELEASE > > Problems in the first case: often had compiler crashes > (signal 11, signal 10 and signal 4). Got it finally working > after running with -DNOCLEAN -DNOGAMES. Then tried installworld > and it crashed midway, unrecoverable (finally froze). Had > to reinstall 3.3 from CD's (minimal, saved most of my config). Did you follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING? > Problems in the second case: also ended up crashing mid-way > leaving me with a completely unstable system. As when after > the installworld, even the shell core dumped (so did df, du, > bash, getty, most everything crashed). Had to wipe the system > (two HD's, so I had partial backup) but it was still a pain. Mixing the 3.x /stand/sysinstall with a FTP install is not a good idea. Get the install floppies and use the 4.0 sysinstall. > Now resorting to downloading the 4.0 release ISO to burn a > copy. However it still doesn't explain why I'm getting so > much trouble upgrading the system. If you did not follow /usr/src/UPDATING it does. > I was able (on different > systems, however) to do the troublesome upgrade from 2.2.7 to > 3.0 last year, and that seemed to go without too much trouble > compared to this. Would anyone have any idea whatsoever why > buildworld kept crashing, A buildworld should actually go. > installworld failed miserably and > left me with an unstable system, The installworld is the usual catch in the process. The new binaries will not run properly. You need to boot a 4.0 kernel... But you do need to install certain binaries before the reboot. > and downloading the binary > install with FTP from the main site left my system in even > worse state? Could be the old sysinstall with the new version or the previous damage to the system. > All I want to do is understand what's happening > so I don't repeat the same mistakes over and over mindlessly. > I mean, how hard can it be to upgrade FreeBSD from 3.x to 4.x? > What am I missing? Or is it just something that can't be helped > with my system? /usr/src/UPDATING -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message