Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:16 +0000 From: Rom Albuquerque <a_romolo@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT.. Message-ID: <SNT114-W81D034E5EFD1695113D57EDE30@phx.gbl>
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Hi folks. Need help in doing the following=2C but first want to check=20 and see if it is feasible with the latest Release=2C or if I'm just going t= o=20 be spinning my wheels on this one.=20 The Objective. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I have a FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE system which I want to upgrade to 7.X=20 from the source level. Had a bunch of problems installing 7.1-RELEASE from= =20 the CD distribution I got from freebsdmall.com. Several problems that=20 could not mount the CD at the time of installation causing sysinstall to halt. So=2C 4.9 is installed and working=2C is there a source level backward compatibility issue between 7.x and anything older than 6.0 ? In other words=2C upgrading from the sources with such an old distribution is a doable task ? =20 Your response is greatly appreciated.=20 Many thanks.=20 =20 --Rom a_romolo at hotmail (dot) com _________________________________________________________________ Ready for Fall shows? Use Bing to find helpful ratings and reviews on digit= al tv's. http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=3Ddigital+tv's&form=3DMSHNCB&publ=3DW= LHMTAG&crea=3DTEXT_MSHNCB_Vertical_Shopping_DigitalTVs_1x1=
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