Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 07:57 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2 Message-ID: <iratcl$kcc$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <4DD8D7D1.5080503@webrz.net>
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Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy > by performing: > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE > # freebsd-update install > # shutdown -r now > # freebsd-update install > > Are there any pitfalls to this? > I only have done the src methods, but in reading the lists I seem to remember people saying the freebsd-update binary approach is only supposed to be used with GENERIC kernels. If you have a custom kernel maybe it will cause problem? Might be a gotcha to get confirmed by more knowledgeable persons than me first. -Mike
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