upgrading from inn 2.2.1 -> 2.4.1

[Jason]

hey, im migrating an inn server from a very old redhat install to a solaris box. 
On the solaris box, I have installed inn 2.4.1 and have gotten it to work with a freshly initialized database.
but now I need to migrate the news db from this old 2.2.1 box and cant seem to get it to work.

If i do nothing to the database files and just copy them over to the 2.4.1, upon starting  inn, I get the dreaded:
innd: SERVER can't open history /local/news/db/history: Argument out of domain
innd: can't dbzinit /local/news/db/history Argument out of domain
innd: can't dbzclose /local/news/db/history Argument out of domain
innd: SERVER can't open history /local/news/db/history: Argument out of domain
innd: can't dbzinit /local/news/db/history Argument out of domain

so reading the FAQ, I didnt see anything relevant. but reading the NEWS file,
I see theres a section on upgrading from 2.2 to 2.3 and there are obviously database changes, but I have run the commands 
listed in that section and cant get my history file converted correctly.

when I run the makehistory, I get:

[news at kendo]$ ls -al   (old database before doing anything)
total 29905
drwxr-xr-x   4 news         1024 Jul 10 01:25 .
drwxr-xr-x  13 news         1024 Jul  9 23:50 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 news         4135 Jul 10 01:25 active
-rw-r--r--   1 news         4102 Jul 10 01:25 active.old
-rw-r--r--   1 news         3238 Jul 10 01:25 active.times
-rw-r--r--   1 news           72 Jul 10 01:25 distributions
-rw-r--r--   1 news     28755860 Jul 10 01:25 history
-rw-r--r--   1 news          207 Jul 10 01:25 history.dir
-rw-r--r--   1 news      1845652 Jul 10 01:25 history.pag
-rw-r--r--   1 news          249 Jul 10 01:25 newsgroups
-rw-r--r--   1 news            0 Jul 10 01:25 subscriptions
[news at kendo]$ ../bin/makehistory -b -f history.n -O  -T/local/news/tmp -l 600000
[news at kendo]$ ls -al
total 29906
drwxr-xr-x   4 news         1024 Jul 10 01:34 .
drwxr-xr-x  13 news         1024 Jul  9 23:50 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 news         4135 Jul 10 01:25 active
-rw-r--r--   1 news         4102 Jul 10 01:25 active.old
-rw-r--r--   1 news         3238 Jul 10 01:25 active.times
-rw-r--r--   1 news           72 Jul 10 01:25 distributions
-rw-r--r--   1 news     28755860 Jul 10 01:25 history
-rw-r--r--   1 news          207 Jul 10 01:25 history.dir
-rw-r--r--   1 news            0 Jul 10 01:34 history.n
-rw-r--r--   1 news           43 Jul 10 01:34 history.n.dir
-rw-r--r--   1 news            0 Jul 10 01:34 history.n.hash
-rw-r--r--   1 news            0 Jul 10 01:34 history.n.index
-rw-r--r--   1 news      1845652 Jul 10 01:25 history.pag
-rw-r--r--   1 news          249 Jul 10 01:25 newsgroups
-rw-r--r--   1 news            0 Jul 10 01:25 subscriptions
[news at kendo]$ 

any ideas?

Jason