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@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
+ <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
<maybe fix /etc/fstab> [7]
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
@@ -1022,7 +1023,12 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
# modules has changed. If you are installing 5.0 onto a 4.x
# system, you'll need about 30MB of free disk space on your /
# partition. If you have less than this, you may encounter difficult
- # to back out of problems with this proceedure.
+ # to back out of problems with this proceedure. If /tmp is on
+ # the / partition, you may want to completely remove all its content
+ # before upgrading, as this can be a common source of shortage of
+ # space on /.
+
+ <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
<maybe fix /etc/fstab> [7]
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE