It wasn't clear to me from reading polken's post here, nor reading the mentioned thread in misc@ that the recommendation to upgrade was a "direct" jump. I'm glad that ocicat posted his warning, in case that was what was being considered.
Upgrading is not difficult nor is it particularly time consuming. The sysmerge(8) tool automates upgrades of modified /etc configuration files. If upgrading is overwhelming, reinstalling the OS is also a possibility.
The real question is whether 5.3-release will resolve the problem. The easiest way to test this is with a second disk drive -- as I mentioned in my first post above.
Last edited by jggimi; 29th May 2013 at 12:00 PM.
Reason: clarity
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