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From: Andrew Herdman <andrew@whine.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading system from 2.0-RELEASE to 2.1.0-RELEASE...
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> Hi...
> 
> 	Quick question, but how does one upgrade from one release
> to the next?  I've checked through every FAQ I can find, and have
> gone through all the postings in the newsgroups, to no avail.
> 
> 	I just started using FreeBSD, installed 2.0-RELEASE, and
> want to move upwards.
> 
> 	Pointers to instructions, or a direct answer is much
> appreciated...
> 
> Thanks...

Hi marc;

There is no clean upgrade from 2.0 to 2.0.5 which is the current CDROM.  
>From what i've heard and experienced, 2.0.5 will upgrade to 2.1.0 fairly 
cleanly.  The problem is 2.0 and 2.0.5 libraries differ significantly.

ttyl
  Andrew