Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> To: Bjoern Koenig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 RC1 Message-ID: <200410231550.i9NFooPW058590@realtime.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <20041023092445.A17E3612D@hoppel.local>
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Bjoern Koenig wrote: > Where "upgrade" means "format your hard disk and do a fresh clean installation". > > I already tried to upgrade a 4.10 to 5.3 a half dozen times; it failed always. I didn't expect anything else because 4 and 5 are too different. Oh, please. If you just _follow the directions_ it goes smooth as silk. Read /usr/src/UPDATING (and the "upgrading to 5.3" document which is forthcoming). I've done this twice now with no problems whatsoever. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/
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