Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 19:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18683: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instructions Message-ID: <200005200230.TAA61531@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/18683; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: alex@wnm.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/18683: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instructions Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 22:30:21 -0400 Personally, I do not think that this change should be made. If a user does not know enough about FreeBSD to know how to mount their partitions from single-user mode, ***they should not be upgrading via source***. I have said this many times, and I will re-iterate it again: if users are not experienced, they should *only* use binary snapshots to upgrade. I am of course not a committer, but I felt like I should log my objections anyway. :) Eric On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 03:17:20PM -0700, alex@wnm.net wrote: > > >Description: > The section on updating from 3.x to 4.0 in /usr/src/UPDATING is missing > an instruction to mount the filesystems after booting in single user mode. > While far from critical, less experienced users, including those who may > never have had reason to boot in single-user mode, can and will be > confused. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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