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From: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov (Clarence Griffin)
Subject: Upgrading 2.26 to 2.28
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     Hi folks,
     
     I'm a newbie and the jargon sometimes throws me for a loop (or is that 
     `into' a loop?)
     
     At any rate, in spite of the warning in the little booklet in my new 
     2.2.8 CD set, I tried to use /stand/sysinstall to upgrade my home 
     system from 2.2.6.
     
     I thought I was doing pretty good, till I got to the screen messages 
     advising me to "meld" the device drivers into the version.
     
     Is there any direction out there about how to do that?
     
     What I did was reboot, using the kernel.prev, cause the new GENERIC 
     kernel wouldn't let me in, and the screen is now blinking while I 
     attempt to force it to boot any other way.  
     
     Then I did a "make global" hoping that the upgrade process made 
     appropriate entries in appropriate places.  
     
     (  Cut that out! Didn't your mother ever tell you it's not nice to 
     laugh at the simple minded?)
     
     Paid my $20 for new CD 
     So here I sit all broken hearted, 
     Gleefully installed my new FreeBSD 
     and it only ______  ( Cowboy joke here)
     
     So, can anyone advise me please?
     
     dg

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