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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: Using legacy sysinstall to upgrade live system 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:07:41 MST."
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:07:41 MST, "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:

> Nonetheless, for the expected installation experience one is
> encouraged to boot the desired OS release's installation media and
> select an upgrade instead of a new install.

Gotcha.

So you'd be interested in diffs that teach sysinstall to bleat if an
Upgrade is requested for a release for which the instance of sysinstall
was not designed?

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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