From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 00:27:31 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 8A9A416A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:27:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-05-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323D143D46 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:27:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from afabian@austin.rr.com) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (cs70112247-52.austin.rr.com [70.112.247.52])iBV0RRPa018537; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:27:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (turingmachine.mentalsiege.net [127.0.0.1])iBV0Qb9g007738; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:26:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net) Received: (from afabian@localhost)iBV0QFsL007731; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:26:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:26:05 -0600 From: Adam Fabian To: kalin mintchev Message-ID: <20041231002605.GB7611@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> Mail-Followup-To: kalin mintchev , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <64256.68.165.89.73.1104136162.squirrel@el.net> <20041227084217.23680d54.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <64321.68.165.89.73.1104139058.squirrel@el.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <64321.68.165.89.73.1104139058.squirrel@el.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urgent help 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: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:27:31 -0000 On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 04:17:38AM -0500, kalin mintchev wrote: > the machine would come up. then netsat or ping or ssh will crash it... > the first time i had to add the sshd user and group... "crash" is about as helpful as "it's broken!". Are core files generated? Are there any error messages? Does the machine instantaneously reboot? Hard-freeze? You also might want to try running the programs under a debugger. 4.6 to 4.10 is a pretty big jump. Altogether, it'd probably be best to tar up your configuration files, clean-install 4.10 (or 5.3 for that matter) and manually merge your changes in, consulting any documentation available for the 4.6 -> 4.7, 4.7 -> 4.8, 4.8 -> 4.9, and 4.9 -> 4.10 upgrades to make sure you get your config files updated properly. -- Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)