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On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:23:05AM +0000, Iain Dooley wrote:
> hi all, i keep seeing comments such as "upgrading across major versions i=
s=20
> not recommended for mere mortals". so what the hell are 'mere mortals' su=
ch=20
> as myself supposed to do when we want to upgrade across major versions?

Use sysinstall to do a binary upgrade, or carefully follow the
directions in the handbook.

Kris

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