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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:57:53 +0200
From:      Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>
Subject:   Re: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT..
Message-ID:  <200909161857.54528.thierry.herbelot@free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <200909161451.02432.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>
References:  <SNT114-W30A82828223906987304DBEDE30@phx.gbl> <20090916065625.GA627@lonesome.com> <200909161451.02432.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>

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Le Wednesday 16 September 2009, Mel Flynn a écrit :
> On Wednesday 16 September 2009 08:56:25 Mark Linimon wrote:
> > You've gotten some good advice about the steps necessary, but not the
> > advice that you'll spend a lot less time if you do a new install from
> > scratch.
>
> Except OP mentions install from CD is broken for his system and I doubt 4.x
> sysinstall will do 7.x new ftp install satisfactory. Of course, I like to
> be proven wrong.

Then, the OP can also put the hard disk in another machine, which can boot 
from a CD, install on this machine, then move the disk back to the "broken" 
machine (this is not Windows, where the install must happen on the same 
machine ...)

	TfH




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