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> > I am very new to FreeBSD.
> > I installed freebsd 5.4
> > I upgraded to source of RELENG_6_0 while I fetched in
> > the ports of current release by use of '*default tag=3D.
> >
> > I followed following steps after downloading above
> > with CVSUP: (Please pardon me , I am from windows
> > background for my language
> > I backed up my kernel,
> >
> > #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> > #cp GENERIC GENERIC1.BAK
> >
> > next

See here for a guide to upgrade FreeBSD to a new version. It's the steps
I used t upgrade from 5.4 to 6

http://mikestammer.com/doku.php?id=3Dbsd

You are interested in the first link.