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From: Eric <eric@mikestammer.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.1 from 5.4
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Jiongyi Jiang (citiz) wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>     I got 5.4 installed before and now wants to have 6.1.  Is there any way to upgrade from 6.1 to 5.4 rather than install a fresh version of 6.1?  Thanks in advance.
>
>   
The handbook covers how to update your system.

The link below outlines one way to do it as well. This is a
summarization that i made from the handbook and other sources to make
things easy.

http://mikestammer.com/doku.php?id=updateos


Hope it helps

Eric