From 771abe87e237d291f6de6cf71ec02b35084a1ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:13:01 +0000 Subject: 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. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 56 ++++------------------ .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 56 ++++------------------ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 0c90e0b..e1b3d85 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -4500,53 +4500,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended Upgrading from previous releases of &os; - If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;, you - generally will have three options: - - - - Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;. - This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes - that your installation of &os; uses no special compilation - options. - - - Performing a complete reinstall of &os;. Technically, - this is not an upgrading method, and in any case is usually less - convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it requires you to - manually backup and restore the contents of - /etc. However, it may be useful in - cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of - your disks. - - - From source code in /usr/src. This - route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time, - and technical expertise. More information can be found - in the Using - make world section of the FreeBSD - Handbook. Upgrading from very old - versions of &os; may be problematic; in cases like this, it - is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a - complete reinstall. - - - - - Please read the INSTALL.TXT file for more - information, preferably before beginning an - upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read - /usr/src/UPDATING as well. - - 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 -CURRENT - vs. -STABLE section of the FreeBSD - Handbook. + Users with existing &os; systems are + highly encouraged to read the Early + Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0. This document generally has + the filename EARLY.TXT on the distribution + media, or any other place that the release notes can be found. It + offers some notes on upgrading, but more importantly, also + discusses some of the relative merits of upgrading to &os; + 5.X versus running &os; + 4.X. Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index 0c90e0b..e1b3d85 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -4500,53 +4500,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended Upgrading from previous releases of &os; - If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;, you - generally will have three options: - - - - Using the binary upgrade option of &man.sysinstall.8;. - This option is perhaps the quickest, although it presumes - that your installation of &os; uses no special compilation - options. - - - Performing a complete reinstall of &os;. Technically, - this is not an upgrading method, and in any case is usually less - convenient than a binary upgrade, in that it requires you to - manually backup and restore the contents of - /etc. However, it may be useful in - cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of - your disks. - - - From source code in /usr/src. This - route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time, - and technical expertise. More information can be found - in the Using - make world section of the FreeBSD - Handbook. Upgrading from very old - versions of &os; may be problematic; in cases like this, it - is usually more effective to perform a binary upgrade or a - complete reinstall. - - - - - Please read the INSTALL.TXT file for more - information, preferably before beginning an - upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read - /usr/src/UPDATING as well. - - 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 -CURRENT - vs. -STABLE section of the FreeBSD - Handbook. + Users with existing &os; systems are + highly encouraged to read the Early + Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0. This document generally has + the filename EARLY.TXT on the distribution + media, or any other place that the release notes can be found. It + offers some notes on upgrading, but more importantly, also + discusses some of the relative merits of upgrading to &os; + 5.X versus running &os; + 4.X. Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after -- cgit v1.1