In message <200011280244.eAS2iW207589@toad.rmkhome.com>
	on Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:44:32 -0700 (MST),
	Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com> wrote:
> I have an i386 box running 1.4X. Should I be able to upgrade to the
> latest -current by getting the sources by ftp, building a kernel
> and rebooting, and then doing the usual "make build"? Or are there
> some other gotchas in there?
Since executable format has changed on i386, you had better do
following step.

1. Upgrade or install to latest 1.5BETA2 or later using its snapshot.
2. Switch to current as you wrote above.

Swtich from a.out to ELF with source based isn't very easy.

Cheers.

--
Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>