From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 9 20:20:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C3A16A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:20:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F009B43D1F for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:20:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i69KKmOF028894; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:20:48 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3/Submit) id i69KKmoP028892; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:20:48 -0700 Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:20:48 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Ivan Voras Message-ID: <20040709202047.GA27694@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200407091513.48539.h@llorien.org> <200407091953.18284.h@llorien.org> <40EEFBC5.9010605@fer.hr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="opJtzjQTFsWo+cga" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40EEFBC5.9010605@fer.hr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: h cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i need my floppy disk drive. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:20:56 -0000 --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:10:45PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > h wrote: > >is it safe to upgrade to current when i'm used to -release ? >=20 > I'd say *definetely NO!*. I made the similar mistake a week or so ago,=20 > and now the -current kernel mis-recognizes my root ATA drive (can't=20 > boot; I'm stuck in running 5.2-R kernel on a 5-current world; sigh). This situation is caused by failure to follow the step by step instructions in UPDATING. They very clearly state you should try your new kernel before updating your world. If you do that, the risk should be fairly minimal. --- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7v4fXY6L6fI4GtQRApAHAKCwNxlrM8uxMKybzf+fITLSWtv6sQCgmreO j09FwbfQdYcW/DARpkmoBQk= =tfg2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga--