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To: Dan Seguin <dseg@texar.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.2.8 -> 3.1-RELEASE
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I just got through doing it. Did you boot from the floppies and then
do the upgrade. It updates your boot blocks that way. The upgrade
change why .profile on root but everything else was like I started
with.

Kent

Dan Seguin wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for me. I've tried it three different
> times so far. I suspect it has something to do with the boot blocks as
> when I get to the boot: prompt, it says "invalid format". Did was done
> via /stand/sysinstall upgarde. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
>  On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> 
> > I just want to tell anyone īnervousī to upgrade from 2.2.8 -> 3.1 using
> > the upgrade facility in sysinstall, that I just did this and it was īno
> > painī at all. That is I'll surely have to recompile lots of my ports,
> > but the system came up without any problems.
> >
> > --
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> > regards, Gunnar       ---_ \<,_
> > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_)
> >
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