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Hi all,

What would be the prefered method of upgrading servers from freebsd 6.x =
to 8.x ?

Fresh install and reload users data, rebuild ports etc?

Upgrade direct from 6.x to 8.x?

Upgrade sequentially from 6.x to 7.x to 8.x?

-Grant