From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 28 00:23:58 2016 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 62E78A70F6B for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22d.google.com (mail-wm0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22d]) (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 F35F710A1 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id p63so2858339wmp.1 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:23:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=ycFSRlXJHdb06I2qMfq+xfaouSPwSEpkZjECJ1X13EE=; b=QUjyTXbLjb6q9P3mcD1t26gsjr+YA5i3eROcUoxlzQ4yrI/OBi3P2odnKb7G8jfPPu y3emVbUXxdQrdu8oKwsG+b6rMYakbD2GnMGQ2E7NybIbHn3NT7RzEpL9x5YmvO48GV00 CC/AhGWNZHWT82uNSim0uA02/1ribB+ekZRk0pP0t+1PEvsA2FdCKPkxcvFr1V93xQdc aeSzH+yfq3aWd9VFAPSpgaFdOau7e6mMywL2LPbdBdJ9tX1apEqgi2RvYIuAyiRrjQxE Udqkjoeu3gwajO9S60i5ZLjynvnvdg+VfKjS8ZzqG2cWuQBgXODdiB/p7Q5BUwjLolkM 7g1A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=ycFSRlXJHdb06I2qMfq+xfaouSPwSEpkZjECJ1X13EE=; b=LJ6Qb6GAYfqZbc9Q6qeI0QDBVp4m1v/kOZgO4i0BYfj5L/lUolJ8ni499ZD8pmf0mR sZ1sogcVClp+cVLVy1unDniS6tNiansM5P6TATk6xxkIetD1O5fh9wDxgctccQnN52BI tlzJteMf9Xwfv0EVR2Lg9yIUQ4dcXHjkJwGS28/0x4ZIoSigtxJ9OGPSn78L38EbFHJr 9OL8duMRN3OC1pdhNvWLoA3y3OAFTFj4Z9m9RsYbU6WNwDIJwrw3XSvJXU1r1nyC5Ksz 18SFGmtDlCrmIn4WpqEJugLNaTQbyTyXSyzUDQwmKqw7eCjBEaE/XssgQNQ8Ovm8wHpP KrDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOS7K4ElldBEym7JDC7YKLvu6jKyJf95LbuWcjzoISc7NtIvkmoATQp/Eou4xCxZI0m3WudH4OIX8hjVgA== X-Received: by 10.28.128.22 with SMTP id b22mr22719wmd.44.1453940636189; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:23:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.153.67 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:23:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160128074558.0a5c43d1@X220.alogt.com> References: <20160128074558.0a5c43d1@X220.alogt.com> From: "Jack L." Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:23:16 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can I upgrade 9.1 straight to 10.2? To: Erich Dollansky Cc: Ross , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:23:58 -0000 On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:23:18 +0200 > Ross wrote: > >> I have a server with an old installation of FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE. Can I >> just download 10.2 sources and do installworld and installkernel >> there? >> >> Or should I install all the releases in between one by one? > > it is very simple. Make a backup, make a snapshot, download the latest > sources. Just be careful with mergemaster. I would do it by hand. > > If you can't compile the latest sources on the old machine, go to 10.0 > first. I do not think that you have to go through all releases between. > 10.0 might be the only obstacle. > > Erich I upgrade remotely all the time and it's worked fine for me every time.