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From: "Jeffrey J. Libman" <jeffrl@wantabe.com>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions
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interesting. i have managed to do my "make installworld" updates on 3.4   
without dropping to single user in the past. i know this is often 
ill-advised...but i seem to get away with it. is this not possible in 
future releases? or is this only super critical with the 3.4->4.0 upgrade?
  
thanks in advance.
  
cheers,
jeff


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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Daniel Boyd wrote:

> Glen Gross writes:
> > For me the main issue is that I like my 3.4 RELEASE box so much. I don't
> > want to risk sacrificing it in the event that the ad devices do not work
> > as well as the wd devices currently in use. [some people have been
> > reporting problems having their ad0 devices detected during the install.]
> 
> You don't need to buy another whole system if you can put another hard
> drive in there.
> 
> I had an extra 2GB free as wd0s3, so I did my 4.0-CURRENT install
> there on wd0s3[a-e].  This saved me when I later forgot to run
> single-user for installworld of the "3.3-STABLE" to "4.0-CURRENT"
> upgrade on the regular wd0s1 partition -- I was able to boot to the
> new system partition, mount the old filesystems under /mnt, and do
> another "make installworld" with DESTDIR=/mnt.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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