Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:53:40 -0600 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@compgeek.com> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating from 4.9-RELEASE Message-ID: <40143AE4.4040805@compgeek.com> In-Reply-To: <20040125193234.GA24573@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <BAY13-F22q5xVz5WkmR00000eff@hotmail.com> <1074659659.28370.10.camel@athena> <20040121141952.GA17839@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20040125110630.F81485@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20040125193234.GA24573@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On 1/25/2004 1:32 PM, Ken Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:12:21AM -0800, Doug White wrote: >>Its in UPDATING on -CURRENT. I guess we need to explicitly warn people to >>read the -CURRENT UPDATING and not the -STABLE one when planning their >>upgrade. > > For what it's worth I was reading the right file. If you want to warn > people about something warn them not to be afraid of doing something > before they actually try it. :-( Booting a 5.X kernel in a 4.X world > sounded scary but seems to have worked just fine. > >>Also see the section "To upgrade in-place from 4.x-stable to current" near >>the bottom of the file. > > Missed that part completely. :-( Thanks. It's mentioned in the "Source Upgrades" sub-section of the "Notes on Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.X" section of the Early Adopter's Guide: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2R/early-adopter.html#AEN192 The "Common Notes" sub-section is also extrememly informative: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2R/early-adopter.html#AEN198 Jon
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