upgrade 5.4 -> 6.1

[Perttu Laine]

Yeah. I will of course read UPDATING, but I was wondering if there is some
major changes or something so I would not go to 6.1 and go with 5.5 instead.
But there is nothing big?

On 5/14/06, Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com> wrote:
>
>  Read /usr/src/UPDATING after you cvsup the new files for the exact steps
> and extra things you need to do.
>
>         -Derek
>
>
> At 07:09 AM 5/14/2006, Perttu Laine wrote:
>
> I'm running production servers with 5.4 now and wondering if this is all I
> need to do when upgrading to 6.1:
>
> 1. change RELENG_5_4 to 6_1 and cvsup sources.
> 2. make buildworld
> 3. make buildkernel KERNCONF=<filename>
> 4. make installkernel KERNCONF=<filename>
> 5. reboot to single user
> 6. mergemaster -p
> 7. make installworld
> 8. mergemaster
> 9. reboot
>
> Or is there something more to take care of in this upgrade?
>
> And not even sure yet if I'm going to upgrade to 6.1 or going with 5.5,
> but
> still asking before trying... :)
>
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