upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ?

[Marian Hettwer]

Hi there,

short additional step:

Claus Guttesen wrote:
> 
> The easiest would be to
> 
> 1. cvsup to RELENG_6 (or RELENG_6_0)
1.1 cd /usr/obj; chflags noschg *; rm -rf *
> 2. cd /usr/src
> 3. make buildworld
> 4. make buildkernel
> 5. make installkernel
> 6. mergemaster -p
> 7. reboot into single-usermode and verify your new kernel works
> 8. mount -a
> 9. make installworld
> 10. mergemaster
> 11. reboot

best regards,
Marian
PS.: Just did an upgrade remote from 5.4-RELEASE to 6.0-RELEASE without 
any problems. Steps taken as described above ;)

PPS.: You may have to rebuild all your ports if you had some installed, 
due to version bumps.