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Subject: Re: 9.3 to 11.1 upgrade
To: Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
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Zoran Kolic wrote:
> Is it possible, like 9.3 to 11.0 ? Binary.
> I have a box, which has no reliable hardware,
> and would like to avoid multiple disk spin.
> Best regards
>
Generally (and previously) the advice is to go via the next major 
version so you should go:

9.3 -> 10.x -> 11.x not 9.3 -> 11.x

Regards,

-- 
Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/