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  <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title>

  <para>If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;,
  most likely it's 4.X and there may be some issues affecting you,
  depending of course on your chosen method of upgrading.  There
  are two popular ways of upgrading &os; distributions:</para>

  <para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Using sources, via <filename>/usr/src</filename></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </para>

  <para>Please read the <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename> file for more
  information, preferably <emphasis>before</emphasis> beginning an
  upgrade.  If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read
  <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> as well.</para>

  <para>Finally, if you want to use one of various means to track the
  -STABLE or -CURRENT branches of &os;, please be sure to consult the
  <ulink
  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/current-stable.html"><quote>-CURRENT
  vs. -STABLE</quote></ulink> section of the <ulink
  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/">FreeBSD
  Handbook</ulink>.</para>

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