Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:38:23 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? Message-ID: <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <44633F1A12BF90A756A3AB0F@palle.girgensohn.se> References: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229203601.GD10293@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <FA148342E1CB891D674B768C@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229210110.GA16903@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <44633F1A12BF90A756A3AB0F@palle.girgensohn.se>
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Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> I've tried the UPDATING instructions, both locally and remotely (the
> latter failed ;-). But really, everything has to be reinstalled, ports
> and the lot, so a new install is probably the best way...
>
That's not so bad. A reinstall means you can newfs your partitions as
UFS2 filesystems, which wouldn't be the case if you upgraded 4.10 in-place.
Cheers,
Paul.
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