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To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade paths 
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:17:38 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> In the past there has been a definite lack of an upgrade path for
> FreeBSD (you have basically had to reinstall).  Will there be time for
> sufficent upgrade tools to be written before the deadline?

I don't know.  This all depends on the 3-4 people who stepped forward
and promised to be working on various solutions to the upgrade problem
in time for 2.1. :-(

For 2.0.5, my general plan was (if no one else stepped forward with
something better) to simply document the steps to follow _very
carefully_, culling details out of the 20 or so email messages I've
received from people detailing their own upgrade procedures.
Not the best, but a heck of a lot better than nothing!

						Jordan