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$FreeBSD$
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Summary information on upgrading FreeBSD. This comes from
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the similarly-named section of RELNOTES.TXT.
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<sect1>
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<title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title>
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<para>If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;,
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most likely it's 4.X and there may be some issues affecting you,
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depending of course on your chosen method of upgrading. There
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are two popular ways of upgrading &os; distributions:</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using sources, via <filename>/usr/src</filename></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Please read the <filename>UPGRADE.TXT</filename> file for more
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information, preferably <emphasis>before</emphasis> beginning an
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upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read
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<filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> as well.</para>
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<para>Finally, if you want to use one of various means to track the
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-STABLE or -CURRENT branches of &os;, please be sure to consult the
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<ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/current-stable.html"><quote>-CURRENT
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vs. -STABLE</quote></ulink> section of the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>.</para>
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</sect1>
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