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OK, you can use the 4.x boot loader and boot blocks to load kernels, but

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I'm nervous about recommending it, so note it as a footnote only for now.
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install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
[6] 4.x boot blocks can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
it is difficult to do that at best. If you are concerned
about being able to boot 4.x if the reboot to single user
fails, then you should do something like
mv /boot /boot-4x
mkdir /boot
before this step. You may be able to then boot the 4.x boot
blocks if you catch boot2, and enter /boot-4x/loader rather than
/boot/loader. However, this step hasn't been torture tested.
[6] 4.x boot loader can be used to boot a 5.x system, however
it is difficult to do that at best. If you wish to try, then
you should interrupt the boot and at the ok prompt type:
ok unload
ok boot /boot/kernel/kernel
If this fails to work, you must install a new boot loader as
described here.
[7] Before you upgrade, please make sure that you are not using
compatibility slices. These are device names of the form, on i386