Re: Upgrading from 5.3 to 6.0
From: Dan Swartzendruber (dswartz_at_druber.com)
Date: 11/05/05
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Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:59:41 -0500
In article <slrndmo73b.j9b.kkenn@xor.obsecurity.org>,
kkenn@xor.obsecurity.org says...
> On 2005-11-04, Ryan Kaskel <ryan.kaskel@tufts.edu> wrote:
> > If I wanted to upgrade from 5.3 to 6.0, do I need to change the release
> > tag name via sysinstall/options? Thanks.
>
> No, you need to download new release media and use the new version of
> the installer. You can't use an old sysinstall to upgrade to a new
> version, because the old sysinstall often won't know *how* to upgrade
> to the new version.
I did 5.4 -> 6.0 with no problems. did the make buildworld & etc route.
mergemaster was very useful.
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