On 2026-10-30, Janne Johansson <[email protected]> wrote: > --000000000000e9e983065f0aaf2f > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Den fre 30 okt. 2026 kl 09:09 skrev Roderick <[email protected]>: > >> Without internet, easy to solve troubles can be difficult to solve. >> How would you upgrade an old system without (good) internet, >> without risking that the process fails ending with a broken >> system that makes upgrading more difficult? >> >> Can one always boot bsd.rd be with old boot loader? >> > > Yes.
Not always. For example the console bootargs change made in 7.2 had backwards compat which was removed after only one release, so loading a 7.3 kernel with serial console using a 7.1 boot loader didn't work.
