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Normally I don't put entries that should have been made months ago

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into UPDATING.  However, in this case I'm making an exception.  I'm
adding a recommendation that people update their boot blocks.  Old
boot blocks will cause a system to become unbootable if you have
removed /dev/{,r}wd*.

Submitted by: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@freebsd.org>
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@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ ITEMS:'
Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
that you are loading are up to date. that you are loading are up to date.
20000315:
If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
need to update your boot blocks as well. 'disklabel -B ad0'
will do the trick. This isn't critical until you remove your
wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
boot.
20000315: 20000315:
4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how 4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x. to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.