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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:36:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Glen Gross <ggross@symark.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003151326420.9189-100000@minnow>
In-Reply-To: <v04220806b4f5ab2fb4b9@[194.78.235.76]>

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For me the main issue is that I like my 3.4 RELEASE box so much. I don't
want to risk sacrificing it in the event that the ad devices do not work
as well as the wd devices currently in use. [some people have been
reporting problems having their ad0 devices detected during the install.]
So I decided to install 4.0 r.c. 2 on a 16MB 486 system and that has been
working fine.  Next I want to build a faster box especially for 4.0
instead of blow away the 3.4 installation, which has proven to be the most
reliable system I've ever had.

What I really meant was that I like having a "clean" install of 4.0 rather
than following all the steps to upgrade.  Maybe it's just laziness.

Glen Gross
Unix Technical Support Specialist
SYMARK SOFTWARE
5716 Corsa Avenue, Suite 200
Westlake Village, CA  91362
Main: 818-865-6100 FAX: 818-889-1894
http://www.symark.com
Technical Support: unix-support@symark.com


On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 12:50 PM -0700 2000/3/15, Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> >  Too complicated to be worth the hassle?  The few simple steps in
> >  UPDATING have been followed by me on several systems and work...
> 
> 	What might work fine for -CURRENT users may be too complex for 
> people used to much more polished procedures in -STABLE.
> 
> 	Unfortunately, there are *way* too many people who are ready to 
> jump on the .0 release, and there's not likely to be too much you can 
> do to protect them from blowing off their foot in this fashion.
> 
> --
>    These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy
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