From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Dec 12 19:19:04 2015 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 BEEBFA3B4BF for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from rand.keepquiet.net (keepquiet.net [144.76.43.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "keepquiet.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 878C1195F for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from [10.130.11.109] (cm-84.210.87.28.getinternet.no [84.210.87.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: terje@elde.net) by rand.keepquiet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3284C6F; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:18:59 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Upgrade from 8.4 to 10.2 From: Terje Elde X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (13C75) In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:18:57 +0100 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <60D232B4-43A0-47CE-BFF3-C7808B2B757A@elde.net> References: <566C1177.7010900@my.hennepintech.edu> <05930DAC-9997-48F3-8A36-C23616058423@elde.net> To: Peter Harrison 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: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:19:04 -0000 > On 12 Dec 2015, at 19:12, Peter Harrison w= rote: >=20 > Thanks both. Should I go straight to 9.3 or to 9 then 9.3? General rule of thumb, not just FreeBSD, but applies here as well; Go one major at a time, but to the highest version in that major, so 9.3.=20= There could be bugs in 9.0 that's been resolved in 9.3 for example, and 9.3 t= o 10-series has probably seen more testing than 9.0 to 10-series.=20 In other words, 9.3 offers a bit reduced risk when upgrading both to and fro= m it.=20 Might not be a problem to go straight to 10, and if you test first, that's a= viable path.=20 Oh, and it can't hurt to skim through /usr/src/UPDATING of the versions you'= re upgrading to. If there's anything required to be done manually, it'll alm= ost certainly be listed there (sorry if anyone already mentioned).=20 You can find the right version of the file easily online.=20 Terje