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Subject: Re: Upgrade from 8.4 to 10.2
From: Terje Elde <terje@elde.net>
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> On 12 Dec 2015, at 13:22, Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> wrote=
:
>=20
> It would be best to go to 9.3 first, and it's a good idea to have console
> access just in case something goes wrong or you make a mistake somewhere.

This.=20

But also, if at all possible, I highly recommend testing the upgrade first. P=
erhaps restore a backup to another system, and upgrade that for example.=20

FreeBSD is in my experience quite stable and offers relatively little troubl=
e, but better safe than sorry.=20

Terje