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Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7 from 6.3
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B. Cook wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I was going to try and update a box from 6.3 to 7 via buildworld all 32 
> bit, nothing 64.
> 
> Assuming it should be done like this:
> 
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> mergemaster -p
> make installkernel
> (reboot)
> (startup on 7 kernel)
> make installworld
> mergemaster (do full mergemaster)
> make installworld
> (reboot)
> 
> (make sure all is working in 7 then do it all again; just to be sure)
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel
> make installworld
> 
> 
> Sound about right? or too redundant?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

The doing it all again part might bring some very slight performance 
improvements due to the compiler change.