Get rid of the boilerplate upgrading information in the release notes,
and point to the Early Adopter's Guide instead, at least for the next release or two.
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@ -4500,53 +4500,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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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;, you
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generally will have three options:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;.
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This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes
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that your installation of &os; uses no special compilation
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options.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Performing a complete reinstall of &os;. Technically,
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this is not an upgrading method, and in any case is usually less
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convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it requires you to
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manually backup and restore the contents of
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<filename>/etc</filename>. However, it may be useful in
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cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of
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your disks.
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>From source code in <filename>/usr/src</filename>. This
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route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time,
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and technical expertise. More information can be found
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in the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html"><quote>Using
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<command>make world</command></quote></ulink> section of the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>. Upgrading from very old
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versions of &os; may be problematic; in cases like this, it
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is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a
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complete reinstall.</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>INSTALL.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
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the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/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/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>.</para>
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<para>Users with existing &os; systems are
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<emphasis>highly</emphasis> encouraged to read the <quote>Early
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Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0</quote>. This document generally has
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the filename <filename>EARLY.TXT</filename> on the distribution
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media, or any other place that the release notes can be found. It
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offers some notes on upgrading, but more importantly, also
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discusses some of the relative merits of upgrading to &os;
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5.<replaceable>X</replaceable> versus running &os;
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4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</para>
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<important>
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<para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after
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@ -4500,53 +4500,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
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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;, you
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generally will have three options:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;.
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This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes
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that your installation of &os; uses no special compilation
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options.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Performing a complete reinstall of &os;. Technically,
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this is not an upgrading method, and in any case is usually less
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convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it requires you to
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manually backup and restore the contents of
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<filename>/etc</filename>. However, it may be useful in
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cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of
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your disks.
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>From source code in <filename>/usr/src</filename>. This
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route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time,
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and technical expertise. More information can be found
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in the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html"><quote>Using
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<command>make world</command></quote></ulink> section of the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>. Upgrading from very old
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versions of &os; may be problematic; in cases like this, it
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is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a
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complete reinstall.</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>INSTALL.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
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the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/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/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>.</para>
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<para>Users with existing &os; systems are
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<emphasis>highly</emphasis> encouraged to read the <quote>Early
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Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0</quote>. This document generally has
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the filename <filename>EARLY.TXT</filename> on the distribution
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media, or any other place that the release notes can be found. It
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offers some notes on upgrading, but more importantly, also
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discusses some of the relative merits of upgrading to &os;
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5.<replaceable>X</replaceable> versus running &os;
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4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</para>
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<important>
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<para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after
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