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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 06:52:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim Ryder <jawse@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Support
To: jmutter@ds.net, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr
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I installed 3.3 last night and it went well, I still
have to configure some things buts thats cool.
Do u think there is going to be a problem going from
3.4 to 4.

Tim Ryder

--- "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> wrote:
> > 
> > You'll do at least the basic kernel / buildworld /
> installworld thing,
> > so installing 3.3-RELEASE and cvsup'ing to the
> latest 3.4-STABLE sources
> > shouldn't take long.  I've done it at least twice.
>  Once for fun, and
> > the other time because I trashed my installation
> while playing with that
> > evil M$-thing called Windows '98.
> > 
> > Having done the thing (from 3.3-RELEASE =>
> 3.4-STABLE) I can assure you
> > it won't take long.  At least the source update
> part.  The compilation
> > of the `world' depends on your specific hardware
> setup, and I don't know
> > how long it will take--not until I've seen it done
> at least once.
> 
> 
> It's been my experience that minor upgrades (eg: 3.3
> -> 3.4) are fairly
> simple - however the major upgrades have proven to
> be a bit more
> complicated.  I remember the upgrade from 2.X -> 3.0
> and I can say it
> wasn't pretty.  I finally broke down and did a clean
> install and
> migrated everything back over.
> 
> Just my $0.02
> 

=====
Tim Ryder
jawse@yahoo.com
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