Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:32:27 +0100 From: sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downgrade FreeBSD 5.1 or 5.2 -> 4.9 Message-ID: <1074799947.1775.1.camel@tyrael.linnet> In-Reply-To: <p0602048abc35b43cbdb2@[128.113.24.47]> References: <9FCD15C952BD734DB8377A36E5032EF2F51189@de-raub-mail1.hygiene.sca.se> <p0602048abc35b43cbdb2@[128.113.24.47]>
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hi, have a look at this thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2003-July/002127.html hth, seb On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 18:19, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 9:01 AM +0100 1/22/04, Sessler, Enrico wrote: > >Hello, > > > >is there a way to downgrade from FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE > >or 5.2-CURRENT to the latest 4.x version? > > This would be very hard for us to support, and I expect you > will have a lot of trouble trying to do an "in place" > downgrade to 4.x. You will have much less trouble if you > just resign yourself to backing-up the data you need to some > safe place, and do a fresh install (ie, reformat the drives > using the 4.9 installation discs, and install everything from > scratch). > > I realize that is a lot of work. However, I am pretty sure > that will be less work than trying to do a "simple downgrade". > > >Note: I have no console access to the machines only > >telnet/rlogin. Thus using a boot floppy/CD is not possible. > > This makes it even less likely that you will be successful > doing a downgrade to 4.9.
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