From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 15:13:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED9E16A4B3 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:13:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D232443FCB for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:13:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-18-52.client.attbi.com[12.234.18.52]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2003100222130601400bpmbje>; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 22:13:06 +0000 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: "F. Even" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20031002151205.U677@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: re: upgrading 4.0 to stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 22:13:07 -0000 On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, F. Even wrote: > I'm still kind of hung up looking for some definitive answers on this issue. > Perhaps you guys can help me out? The definitive answer is, back up your data, and do a clean install of the version you want to run. I'd suggest waiting for the upcoming 4.9-Release. Any other method has way too many dangers and complexities. HTH, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection