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Date:      Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:11:36 +0100
From:      Olivier Tharan <olive@oban.frmug.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: upgrading from STABLE to 5.0
Message-ID:  <20030120181136.GU54730@weirdos.oban.frmug.org>
In-Reply-To: <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu>
References:  <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu>

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* Kirk R. Wythers <kwythers@umn.edu> (20030120 10:40):
> should 'YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' be just the name of my kernel (in my case
> LORAXKERNEL) or the compete path to that kernel (from uname -a:
> /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LORAXKERNEL)?

It is juste the name of your kernel: LORAXKERNEL.

> 2) is point [8] 'In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
> needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
> option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
> that is hard to boot to recover.' only in reference to those who track
> CURRENT? I am a little unclear as to the distinction between STABLE and
> CURRRENT with this release...

You have to do this as well, because you are upgrading from RELENG_4 to
RELENG_5; the binaries and libraries change.

-- 
olive

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