Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:51:05 +1100 From: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: Ken Kroel <kkroel@cfl.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buildworld problem on cyrix 166 Message-ID: <200212181351.05098.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20021217212314.489bb9a7.kkroel@cfl.rr.com> References: <20021217212314.489bb9a7.kkroel@cfl.rr.com>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:23, Ken Kroel wrote: > i am trying to update an old pc and have run into a problem with the "m= ake > CPU: Cyrix 6x86 (486-class CPU) > Origin =3D "CyrixInstead" DIR=3D0x2231 Stepping=3D2 Revision=3D2 I had the exact same problem with the exact same machine you appear to ha= ve.=20 This list at the time attributed it to a hardware issue, probably faulty=20 memory. Try doing a make clean, to clean up everything, and try again. I= f=20 the make fails at a different place each time, then its definatly a hardw= are=20 problem. My solution was to try doing the make over, and over, and after about 10 = tries=20 it got all the way through. (which was frustrating because it did take ov= er 7=20 hours to complete if I remember correctly) Regards, Jacob Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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