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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Subject: Re: install FreeBSS 6 from an existing filesystem?
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:35:57PM +0100 I heard the voice of
Torfinn Ingolfsen, and lo! it spake thus:
>
> The laptop has a FreeBSD-4.11 install on slice 1 of the disk, and
> the other half is free for my 6.0 installation.

Actually, the easiest thing to do in this case is probably to label
and newfs the stuff for 6, and install it manually from the 4
partition.  You won't get UFS2 filesystems, but...


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