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Hi,
I have performed several live upgrades of FreeBSD
before (3.0Stable to 3.3Stable), and experienced no problems. However, I think
there are more differences in 3.0Release (basically, that was the first version
that supported SMP), and was hoping for some feed back. I know that the
kernel whitched from AOUT to ELF, so I need to install the new boot loader. Will
the new boot loader still be able to run the old kernel (in case there are
problems during the upgrade?).
Also, currently the system compiles binaries by
default into the ELF format, and can run both AOUT and ELF. I am not sure, after
the upgrade, would the system still be able to execute AOUT binaries (or is
there a converter, just in case?).
Please, if anyone is aware of any other issues, let
me know (config file differences, etc). The system is live, and I want to
minimize any downtime.
Thank you very much in advance,
Anthony
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