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x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(432015012)(82015046); SRVR:BN3NAM01HT228; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:BN3NAM01HT228; x-forefront-prvs: 00963989E5 spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <6A9FC14016834F45BBF8CC92C91C2A8B@namprd20.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 15 Oct 2016 10:58:47.0027 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN3NAM01HT228 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2016 10:58:56.0206 (UTC) FILETIME=[1FE286E0:01D226D3] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:00:03 -0000 I have an older version of FreeBSD 11 installed: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r296485: Tue Mar 8 07:04:36 UTC 2016 Am I correct in assuming that "freebsd-update" will not update the system to the latest stable version? I am assuming that the easiest and possible safest method would be to back up my data and config files and then download and install the latest version. Is that correct? Thanks :) --=20 Carmel