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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:59:13 -0500
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        "Paul '" <smak_420@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20011119105912.A86949@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <OE13ahPS5K7aVKQhMg90001a0e9@hotmail.com>; from smak_420@hotmail.com on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:00:27AM -0500
References:  <OE13ahPS5K7aVKQhMg90001a0e9@hotmail.com>

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Short answer: you don't.  You need to get a -current boot floppy set.

There are so many differences between -stable and -current that, as a
rule, there's no way this will work.  And if you get it to install,
you won't be happy.

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:00:27AM -0500, Paul ' wrote:
> How do you install a 5.0 CURRENT distribution with this diskettes of an
> older version?
> 
> I have tried going to the options section of the install screen and changing
> the name there from 4.3-RELEASE to 5.0-CURRENT ( i have older 4.3 diskettes)
> but that does nothing for me as when it gets to install time the correct
> files cannot be found.
> 
> 
> 
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