Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:17:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David LeCount <snailboy1@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.3 to 5.2 Message-ID: <20040121211719.GA43625@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040121203216.4047.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040121203216.4047.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com>
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--pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:32:16PM -0800, David LeCount wrote: > 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. You'll get this problem if you don't use the correct order of operations to update your system. An upgrade from 4.3 may be possible, otherwise you could update to 4.9 first. Make sure you follow the updating instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING and the handbook precisely. Kris --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADuxfWry0BWjoQKURAnByAKDSEvWVhhdnxPeuYoAbbSU5yK9khwCg2wQu a8TU0RFhH5RhqawQdPjIw9U= =Tf7z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt--
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