On May 30, 2015, at 18:41, Erich Dollansky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Sat, 30 May 2015 05:52:56 -0400 > Aryeh Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My desktop machine is 11-current and I want to down grade it to >> 10-stable how do I do this without needing a reinstall? >> > > I did this several times from sources. Be aware of one problem which > could be fatal. If you created a encrypted partition with GELI and you > downgrade, the older version might not be able to handle the encryption > of the newer version. This is not mentioned in the documentation. > > There might be also a catch with the mix of kernel/world. To avoid > problems there, I ran both the installation of kernel and the world in > one go. Anything that modifies on-disk metadata is a no-go for downgrades, which includes UFS and ZFS as well… Cheers, -NGie
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