i need my floppy disk drive.

h h at llorien.org
Fri Jul 9 14:15:13 PDT 2004


HEY, you just hurt my blunt scripts' feelings.


On Friday 09 July 2004 22:20, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:10:45PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> > h wrote:
> > >is it safe to upgrade to current when i'm used to -release ?
> >
> > I'd say *definetely NO!*. I made the similar mistake a week or so ago,
> > and now the -current kernel mis-recognizes my root ATA drive (can't
> > boot; I'm stuck in running 5.2-R kernel on a 5-current world; sigh).
>
> This situation is caused by failure to follow the step by step
> instructions in UPDATING.  They very clearly state you should try your
> new kernel before updating your world.  If you do that, the risk should
> be fairly minimal.
>
> --- Brooks


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