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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 0c90e0b5b963..e1b3d8510ebe 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</programlisting> <sect1> <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> - <para>If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;, you - generally will have three options: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>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.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>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 - <filename>/etc</filename>. However, it may be useful in - cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of - your disks. - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>From source code in <filename>/usr/src</filename>. This - route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time, - and technical expertise. More information can be found - in the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html"><quote>Using - <command>make world</command></quote></ulink> section of the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD - Handbook</ulink>. 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.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para>Please read the <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename> file for more - information, preferably <emphasis>before</emphasis> beginning an - upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read - <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> as well.</para> - - <para>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 <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html"><quote>-CURRENT - vs. -STABLE</quote></ulink> section of the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD - Handbook</ulink>.</para> + <para>Users with existing &os; systems are + <emphasis>highly</emphasis> encouraged to read the <quote>Early + Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0</quote>. This document generally has + the filename <filename>EARLY.TXT</filename> 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.<replaceable>X</replaceable> versus running &os; + 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</para> <important> <para>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 0c90e0b5b963..e1b3d8510ebe 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</programlisting> <sect1> <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> - <para>If you're upgrading from a previous release of &os;, you - generally will have three options: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>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.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>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 - <filename>/etc</filename>. However, it may be useful in - cases where you want (or need) to change the partitioning of - your disks. - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>From source code in <filename>/usr/src</filename>. This - route is more flexible, but requires more disk space, time, - and technical expertise. More information can be found - in the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html"><quote>Using - <command>make world</command></quote></ulink> section of the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD - Handbook</ulink>. 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.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para>Please read the <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename> file for more - information, preferably <emphasis>before</emphasis> beginning an - upgrade. If you are upgrading from source, please be sure to read - <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> as well.</para> - - <para>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 <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html"><quote>-CURRENT - vs. -STABLE</quote></ulink> section of the <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD - Handbook</ulink>.</para> + <para>Users with existing &os; systems are + <emphasis>highly</emphasis> encouraged to read the <quote>Early + Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0</quote>. This document generally has + the filename <filename>EARLY.TXT</filename> 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.<replaceable>X</replaceable> versus running &os; + 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</para> <important> <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after |