From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 15:19:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E10516A46E for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:19:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183AE13C4AD for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:19:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from collaborativefusion.com (mx01.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.201]) (TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:19:11 -0400 id 00056431.46812E6F.000037D3 Received: from Internal Mail-Server by mx01 (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP; 26 Jun 2007 10:19:10 -0500 From: "Brian A. Seklecki" To: Peter Wood In-Reply-To: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net> References: <467182D2.6050303@alastria.net> Organization: Collaborative Fusion, Inc. Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:19:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1182871150.67654.44.camel@soundwave.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port x-pineapp-mail-mail-from: bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com x-pineapp-mail-rcpt-to: peter@alastria.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 6.2 from a 5.3 mini install CD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:19:12 -0000 On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 19:02 +0100, Peter Wood wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > Does anyone have any knowledge, good or bad, about installing > 6.2-RELEASE from a 5.3-RELEASE mini install CD? > The only forseeable issue is that: fdisk -vIB / bsdlabel -w -B ...may write a 5.3 MBR/Boot Loader from /usr/mdec/ on the 5.3 ISO > The story is that I have a 5.3-RELEASE CD in my colo server in London IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.