Upgrading from 6.4 to 7.2

[Louis Mamakos]

On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:43 AM, <Helge.Oldach at atosorigin.com> <Helge.Oldach at atosorigin.com 
 > wrote:
> Are you sure the kernel does not install? I have recently source- 
> upgraded a bunch of systems straight from 6-STABLE to 7-STABLE,  
> constantly observed this error, but kernel and modules did install  
> properly, and the machines booted up as smoothly as expected. Most  
> of them with gmirror, BTW.
>
> Helge

Also beware that gmirror in RELENG_7 will upgrade the metadata in your  
mirror when you boot.  This could be an issue if you need to revert to  
a RELENG_6 kernel with the older gmirror.  I've done a source upgrade  
(months ago, though) from 6.x to 7.x successfully, though.

Louis Mamakos