On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:23:42PM -0700, secmgr wrote: > >>>Update to 5.4 before trying to update to 6.0. > >>> > >>>Kris > >>> > >>> > >>So is there any supported direct 5.3->6.0 upgrade path, or is a stop in > >>5.4 ville manditory now.? > >> > >> > > > >I tried to say that you have to update to 5.4 before you can update to > >6.0, i.e. updates from older versions are not supported. It may be > >easier to do a binary upgrade (i.e. download release media and use the > >upgrade option). > > > >Kris > > > > > Not to belabour this, but the 6.0 release notes do specificly say 5.3 > RELEASE and newer.
You're right, as others have also pointed out. > "Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD > 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade > 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE." > > This is one of my pet peeves with FreeBSD. You can read the Release > Notes, the UPDATING, the ERRATA, the HARDWARE, thinking you've prepped > yourself for the upgrade, and still be screwed. If RE wants to change > the requirements for upgrading, then how bleeping hard would it be to > update either release notes or errata. This didn't happen here, so you don't need to be upset at RE. Kris
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