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"Jerome Mascari" <jmascari@instantlink.com> writes:

> I have a machine that is running freebsd 5.1, I need to go back to
> 4.10 because a software manufacturer that I have to do business with
> only supports that release right now. Is there an easy way install
> 4.10 over 5.1?

Probably back up, do a fresh install, and restore your files.  Even if
your partitions are UFS1 (4.x doesn't understand UFS2), it's probably
easiest to start clean.

Also note that 4.10 was released *after* 5.1 (by nearly a year).