Re: Converting FBSD installation to DFBSD?

[David Rhodus <drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 19, 2004, at 9:57 PM, walt wrote:

> I have a machine with a little-used FBSD-4.9 installation which I
> wouldn't mind sacrificing to try out DFBSD.
>
> So, I was wondering if I could just cvsup new DFBSD sources to
> replace the FBSD sources and proceed to compile the new system
> that way.
>
> Will a FBSD kernel run executables which are compiled for BFBSD,
> I suppose is the obvious question.  Will the installworld
> die in the middle when some critical bit of userland gets
> suddenly replaced?

Everything works fine if you follow the instructions
on the website.
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/upgrade-freebsd.cgi

-DR