From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 2 17:43:24 2002 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 B5EF537B401 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:43:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.codeheadsystems.com (codeheadsystems.com [68.14.217.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9383643E8A for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:43:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wolpert@codeheadsystems.com) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (wolpert.codeheadsystems.com [192.168.1.50]) by www.codeheadsystems.com (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gA31hJZp018329; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:43:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wolpert@codeheadsystems.com) Subject: Re: Upgrading 4.7-stable to -current question From: Ned Wolpert To: conrads@cox.net Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 02 Nov 2002 18:46:04 -0700 Message-Id: <1036287964.297.32.camel@wolpert.codeheadsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 17:58, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > Now, my system was installed around 4.4, so I "should not" need to > > update my boot blocks. Correct? > > Mmm, perhaps not. :-) Eh, at this rate, I might as well... > Myself, I played it ultra-safe and followed the upgrade instructions to the > letter, including moving the 4.x modules to a different directory. The > upgrade went off without a single gotcha. Perhaps I shouldn't try and play games. I'd like a 'way out' where I could return to 4.x since I'm experimenting with my desktop (not one of my servers, of course), but at this rate, "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!" Now, um, where did I put that backup tape... ;-) -- Virtually, Ned Wolpert 4e75 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message