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Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE?
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:49, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Kurt Buff wrote:
>>> You can do either. =C2=A0However, it's probably easier to just download=
 and burn the 7.4 or 8.2 image, and do an upgrade directly than it would be=
 do upgrade via source to 7.0-RELEASE and then try freebsd-update.
>>
>> Gotta love conflicting answers from you and Adam
>
> Well, you did ask for opinions. =C2=A0They tend to not be conflict-free..=
.. :-)

Well, I *actually* asked for free technical assistance, but I know
that the same maxim applies. ;-o

> I haven't had problems doing a reinstall from a new ISO image to update a=
 FreeBSD box which was
> more than a major release out of date. =C2=A0But, I was at pains to verif=
y that I had complete backups and
> time to rollback if needed, and I also made sure to rebuild all of the po=
rts after doing the OS reinstall/upgrade.

That is also definitely part of the plan...

>> I've got an ISO of 7.4. I think I'll do a dump of my data to a remote
>> machine, do the update, and see what that gets me.
>
> OK.

Thanks for your help!

Kurt