Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:29:40 +0100 From: Terje Elde <terje@elde.net> To: Ross <basarevych@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I upgrade 9.1 straight to 10.2? Message-ID: <40395A87-210D-4046-AEAB-B589DF155E59@elde.net> In-Reply-To: <CANmv3=wF%2BsSfZLMCmuo2LYRv7EfpxL4QDWGn7EwjDs-k6VKOgQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANmv3=wF%2BsSfZLMCmuo2LYRv7EfpxL4QDWGn7EwjDs-k6VKOgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 27 Jan 2016, at 16:23, Ross <basarevych@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > I have a server with an old installation of FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE. Can I just= > download 10.2 sources and do installworld and installkernel there? >=20 > Or should I install all the releases in between one by one? More often than not, you can just go directly, however; 1. Remember backup first 2. Skim through /usr/src/UPDATING 3. Follow the procedure about updating everything, in the same file.=20 If possible, a fun option is to restore a backup to a spare machine (or VM) a= nd upgrade the backup.=20 There's also ports to consider. I'll typically do a full ports rebuild after= jumping major versions. There's a similar /usr/ports/UPDATING.=20 Terje=
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