From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 11 10:18:10 2017 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 94106E6742F for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:18:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.117.100]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "infracaninophile.co.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 205C57C1BE for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:18:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from liminal.local (unknown [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:5947:3912:e30a:dd0e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8B2E163CF for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade old System To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> <20171111105416.9c74b061.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <8bd0b204-682b-fe1c-02e6-a504473efaf6@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:18:00 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20171111105416.9c74b061.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="F6ihg21vl6iA3vb7LuW6vQAMvJcaeQmcK" 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, 11 Nov 2017 10:18:10 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --F6ihg21vl6iA3vb7LuW6vQAMvJcaeQmcK Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="qajHEE8sVWrCdvDUndxTTiUlDxgCVBSX1"; protected-headers="v1" From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <8bd0b204-682b-fe1c-02e6-a504473efaf6@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade old System References: <20171111093555.a28a5692.freebsd@edvax.de> <20171111105416.9c74b061.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20171111105416.9c74b061.freebsd@edvax.de> --qajHEE8sVWrCdvDUndxTTiUlDxgCVBSX1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/11/2017 09:54, Polytropon wrote: >>> FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 24 10:25:44 CEST 2011 :-) >> Unfortunately, re-installation is not possible. Its just not >> accessible except via ssh. > Okay, this is limiting your options. Maybe you can use source > update, but not directly from 8.2 to 11.1, but instead to 9.0, > 10.0, 11.0; it's possible that you also need to upgrade each > of the major versions to the maximum minor version first, then > make the switch to the next major version. One thing to check before you start: is the root partition large enough? The space required for the root has grown steadily over the years and complaints about running out of space used to be a regular refrain on the lists when a new major release came out. Much less of a problem nowadays given the installer defaults to a single big partition for pretty much everything. Cheers, Matthew --qajHEE8sVWrCdvDUndxTTiUlDxgCVBSX1-- --F6ihg21vl6iA3vb7LuW6vQAMvJcaeQmcK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKoBAEBCgCSFiEEGfFU7L8RLlBUTj8wAFE/EOCp5OcFAloGzllfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDE5 RjE1NEVDQkYxMTJFNTA1NDRFM0YzMDAwNTEzRjEwRTBBOUU0RTcUHG1hdHRoZXdA ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmcACgkQAFE/EOCp5OeLVg//WBywVTzFkgClcW73TJkvN0QXOCYu IiiUgnq/7X/0wQtQKJOr+g3Z66eLhE4t9+d2WFyyIqhi7iISF3CIA90oqN7N0+4P hVbNm+vvj96e8/1TCF1hKuwXKpUOdBZloEjnEF1iu6n9naODhwLT5aKy0HcgGOcc a+b2NutGUrhQY452SECObDf/3OpZPeRHl5E8qT1PEFhkN1DUVRHflFi4CSKGgDnE YR7McvmPPnhmPxX1ytLqnDH9gp9Da6dvahDxiEAjD50FOWb7Oyo5eh56lMN2Fy5f zMd8WzZd/BpeVhEoyTD3wKas5IGgo9WnIfUeRItB3EdKWBa6kKNuwQWW2F1mV89l dkKecbYFLb9WsfFNBZrRdI7GXl+Rnqme96YH2KTmKvv+KbSEfBcncu1VuiAlMtZh mwISEF6Uw9JhsXl5zGYu83/RHRWwVsW9KKHOreCe71c81CuTkLnWKWCH1wA69oG4 21BjvlkjfEorJMUlIizHsqS+eyVmVua2QSMWtFSD+5OCXDwGyCoiaor9lNFqlBAV tEOuufp7d2Sx0ssuiJYxBPXtjt6Mruz8tzh6wYVCquW1RvGXXIBcNvaEzlfXmbST DG47U2M03HaePg8Grmb9RFssAvbFhBmqWI+HMN5dQOrdrtw8OE+D6QZWaIHeRSwQ QnBLBewPdmt130k= =pEZj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --F6ihg21vl6iA3vb7LuW6vQAMvJcaeQmcK--