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    to a working current snapshots but without the need of building OpenBSD
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## Upgrade process

At the boot prompt, boot with the `bsd.rd` kernel.

```plain
>> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOTX64 3.65
boot> boot bsd.rd
```

Choosing <kbd>U</kbd> for _Upgrade_ and continue to the server path.

Type `/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64` to set the sets location.

This installs now the latest compiled system binaries built from the current
OpenBSD source tree.

After the installation you can normally hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> to reboot your
computer.

Finish the upgrade process by updating the userland packages/binaries with:

```console
$ doas pkg_add -u
```

# My thoughts

I'm not sure where the exact difference is between this workflow and just using
`sysupgrade -s` which should also update the base system to the latest available
snapshot.