Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:36:56 +0300 From: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Subject: Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Message-ID: <20041230173656.GA2423@doom.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229203601.GD10293@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <FA148342E1CB891D674B768C@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229210110.GA16903@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <44633F1A12BF90A756A3AB0F@palle.girgensohn.se> <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:38:23PM -0500, Paul Mather wrote: > Palle Girgensohn wrote: > > >I've tried the UPDATING instructions, both locally and remotely (the > >latter failed ;-). But really, everything has to be reinstalled, ports > >and the lot, so a new install is probably the best way... > > > > That's not so bad. A reinstall means you can newfs your partitions as > UFS2 filesystems, which wouldn't be the case if you upgraded 4.10 in-place. Are there any other advantages of UFS2 over UFS except maximum disk size? -ip -- Do whatever your enemies don't want you to do.
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