Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:40:19 +0000 From: Iain Dooley <mail@iaindooley.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uprading to 5.X from 4.X Message-ID: <426CD723.3040906@iaindooley.com> In-Reply-To: <20050425012837.GA59690@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <426CD319.6010005@iaindooley.com> <20050425012837.GA59690@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:23:05AM +0000, Iain Dooley wrote: > >>hi all, i keep seeing comments such as "upgrading across major versions is >>not recommended for mere mortals". so what the hell are 'mere mortals' such >>as myself supposed to do when we want to upgrade across major versions? > > > Use sysinstall to do a binary upgrade, or carefully follow the > directions in the handbook. binary upgrade!!! brilliant, i didn't even know it existed. is there a section in the handbook on it? i couldn't find one. will there be issues running programs currently installed on my system after a binary upgrade? cheers iain
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