Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:00:45 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade 8.4-STABLE to 14-STABLE Message-ID: <4434uibfn6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <ZbTRS3BKe07hoiNM@furbag.my.domain> (Karl Vogel's message of "Sat, 27 Jan 2024 04:47:55 -0500") References: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3CCAAdA2WNLg19usv2ryO-s=EAvDw%2BA1BQq=5Fm=5FxUTu?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?8RYCTVpbDzg=40mail=2Egmail=2Ecom=3E?= <ZbTRS3BKe07hoiNM@furbag.my.domain>
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Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com> writes: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:56:05AM -0500, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >> Is there a way to upgrade 8.4-STABLE to 14-STABLE, or even change it to >> 14-RELEASE? > > Seriously, if it's possible don't even try. Make (and test) a good > backup, do a clean install from scratch, and restore your old stuff. It sounds like the system has been exposed to the Internet without updates for about ten years. If that is the case, I wouldn't trust it anyway, so upgrading it to something recent would be silly even if it were easy. Be well.
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