Upgrade from RELENG_4 to RELENG_5

[Jerry McAllister]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 04:32:03PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 08:14:40AM -0700, hal wrote:
> > I have done:
> > 	cvsup RELENG_5
> > 	
> > 	make buildkernel
> > 	make installkernel
> > 
> > All worked just fine ... but.  When I reboot, the boot process
> > picks up the old 4 kernel.  How do I make the boot process
> > pick up the new 5 kernel? What am I missing?
> 
> If you have not already done so I suggest you read
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/migration-guide.html (and of course
> /usr/src/UPDATING) which describes
> how to upgrade from 4.x to 5.x.  Follow those instructions closely -
> upgrading from 4.x to 5.x is somewhat complicated.

And, while you are at it, seriously consider going to 6.x.
Don't stay at 5.x unless you absolutely have to.

////jerry

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