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Date:      Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:04:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        Wes Bauske <wsb@paralleldata.com>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kern/15611: EIDE Large Disk Support, Newfs problem, File  systemcorruption,IBM-DPTA-353750
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001051701350.66090-100000@kronos.alcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001051336330.6001-100000@beppo.feral.com>

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> 
> I don't think a 4.0 kernel on to of 3.x works very well- probably does,
> but why stretch it? I have no idea about the upgrade path- I just do a
> forklift upgrade myself.

  It won't work. 4.0 has undergone some much-needed restructuring with
regards to it's signal implementation. Upgrading from 3.x has, as a
result, become the topic of much debate on the -current mailing list. But
it is sufficient to say that a 4.0 kernel and 3.x world will not mix.

  Kelly

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Kelly Yancey  -  kbyanc@posi.net  -  Richmond, VA
Analyst / E-business Development, Bell Industries  http://www.bellind.com/
Maintainer, BSD Driver Database       http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/
Coordinator, Team FreeBSD        http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/



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