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| author |   miod <miod@openbsd.org> | 2003-11-10 21:23:20 +0000 |
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| committer | miod <miod@openbsd.org> | 2003-11-10 21:23:20 +0000 |
| commit | e1177999b31edc9c5f2afb0ab93eef870545cae5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d4201302852a72d8510ccea8339bbc7870e471c | |
| parent | Disable EXPN and VRFY to help thwart address harvesters and require (diff) | |
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A futile attempt to make very clear that, for upgrades to work, you really
need to enable a.out emulation first. Although this warning section USES
A FEW ALL CAPS WORDS, it is likely to be skipped by the hasty user.
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/i386/upgrade | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade b/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade index 6128e88b480..378c4506341 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: upgrade,v 1.20 2003/09/09 22:03:56 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: upgrade,v 1.21 2003/11/10 21:23:20 miod Exp $ dnl OpenBSDUpgrade({:-the CD-ROM or an installation floppy as you would do for dnl a new installation-:}) Due to the change from a.out to ELF binary format in OpenBSD OSREV, @@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ made to the system will still run: echo "kern.emul.aout=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf + +ATTENTION! Several configuration files under /etc, such as /etc/login.conf, +will refer to existinng a.out binaries. DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR SYSTEM UNLESS +YOU HAVE ENABLED A.OUT EMULATION FIRST! After you merge configuration files +changes and replace or remove your existing a.out binaries, it will be +possible do disable a.out emulation. + + The upgrade is now possible. Boot from the CD-ROM or an installation floppy, as you would do for a new installation. |