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Date:      Sun, 22 May 2011 12:21:46 +0100
From:      krad <kraduk@gmail.com>
To:        Jos Chrispijn <kernel@webrz.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2
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On 22 May 2011 10:30, Jos Chrispijn <kernel@webrz.net> wrote:

> Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy by
> performing:
>
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE
> # freebsd-update install
> # shutdown -r now
> # freebsd-update install
>
> Are there any pitfalls to this?
>
> regards,
> Jos Chrispijn
>
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should work, although I have always done it the src way. One thing to watch
out for is device names changing. I have it on a few boxes I did that jump
on. Only really an issue if you are doing it remotely without some kind of
ilom.



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