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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:53:39 +0000
From: Alistair Sutton <alistair.sutton@gmail.com>
To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
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Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ?
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On 09/11/05, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote:
> usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole
> machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move
> to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap.
>
> So I was wondering hether I could just do this from source without any
> ill effects, as if I was upgrading 5.4->5.5. I have nnever tried this bef=
ore
> though, and was wondering if there are any major pitfalls (i.e. is it act=
ually
> a really bad idea?)

As long as you read/follow all the relevant steps in UPDATING then I
don't foresee you having any troubles.

Things should Just Work like a normal upgrade would.

Al
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