From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Dec 12 18:12:11 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3127DA140D5 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:12:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from four.harrisons@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22c.google.com (mail-wm0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4998196F for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:12:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from four.harrisons@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id l68so54229436wml.0 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:12:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=a7f29HEn27gqSofth5yzSVbQiWT4g9n0Re+/Vrp7d0s=; b=LpVARWabN/rsiWvC2jTFt8GK4Po/bZ0xO0Fh+sj+d5JGhfi9uRPj1aqHTMDVZ+ckk7 hEvOg0zuCHztJ5vwhEQARDwU/17g5AHdjE3jvRX5S+JhOR8tYdmXH3jPQpDNMEoats0W cjkB7NtJ0dSdBVRNBMhTbvhxOnFz5MzHy46LAGO2MYzhVVDx6zjH1Y5Wb3BvlJyaCMVO 3xY6gZy1JyPuiMF9ZvEQcGk04c4yWkNlEGM2t20ZCfOIGbi6SV8cvnNMLCA5zzIRc8k/ XJY3TQP0LKsz/+ABixSFgbPtXaykBqCWvbhEnTBB1uATRaxNzR5ym1F266Qjjdsm4YV/ HRcQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.57.178 with SMTP id j18mr32126634wjq.113.1449943929121; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:12:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.152.162 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:12:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.152.162 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:12:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <05930DAC-9997-48F3-8A36-C23616058423@elde.net> References: <566C1177.7010900@my.hennepintech.edu> <05930DAC-9997-48F3-8A36-C23616058423@elde.net> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:12:08 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Upgrade from 8.4 to 10.2 From: Peter Harrison To: Terje Elde Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:12:11 -0000 Thanks both. Should I go straight to 9.3 or to 9 then 9.3? Peter. Peter Harrison On 12 Dec 2015 12:33 p.m., "Terje Elde" wrote: > > > On 12 Dec 2015, at 13:22, Andrew Berg > wrote: > > > > 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. > > But also, if at all possible, I highly recommend testing the upgrade > first. Perhaps restore a backup to another system, and upgrade that for > example. > > FreeBSD is in my experience quite stable and offers relatively little > trouble, but better safe than sorry. > > Terje > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >