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From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To: "Sessler, Enrico" <Enrico.Sessler@sca.com>
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Subject: Re: Downgrade FreeBSD 5.1 or 5.2 -> 4.9
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:01:58AM +0100, Sessler, Enrico wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> is there a way to downgrade from FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE
> or 5.2-CURRENT to the latest 4.x version?
>=20
> Have tried via "sysinstall" and "Upgrade" but it always
> complaints that there is no "base" section found when
> I set in Options "4.9-RELEASE".
>=20
> Note: I have no console access to the machines only
> telnet/rlogin. Thus using a boot floppy/CD is not possible.
>=20
For a binary downgrade, I assume you'd need a sysinstall(8)
=66rom 4.9-RELEASE, and the compat4x distribution from 5.x.


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
FreeBSD committer
ru@FreeBSD.org

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