From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Jan 19 16:23:52 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@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 5C04FEBADCF for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:23:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x231.google.com (mail-lf0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D464A638E3 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:23:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x231.google.com with SMTP id k19so2763360lfj.1 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:23:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=saQIj0HNUm6W4mIkW6+ST7TU3vSZT0kVVueD+xhZP8k=; b=qME0ZXbOeNYIsdc+9t8MqJiR/mWU7zaRLKzKmwdUsowVpJwhJJtK0kt3uQbzo4jscX GtxlAH1n8YxXKMsjerxB+SoVOMzzbfnRAcLI/uEJ2DW9YWvfcNiGk1i/enNfpFwOpq5P 0F9mXNOkc1GlJaVxMnOQg95EWgxcteHnzhnQKdI7Be7cLedRtZv81lC1dHViqz/eX7Up 8tc1BvbVwFPhmf8Qb5dh0IT2ElEehYL13FGEmhP+lxcVAAvVOhienC1bRmS2MNiScKoD 2qadXU26hlvUqNnyVpRLD1E856R/a0CVbO9mCkoYtuwa83W5Oz6fjK1zoptaGgOdZVmW yQDQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=saQIj0HNUm6W4mIkW6+ST7TU3vSZT0kVVueD+xhZP8k=; b=n5U1BWpVbGEgAg/UXI2HvJo4sLXTXT0D8gXhkX5WbGyPKwUzxL9diyhY7z/MsbI9n6 zboJOSjjxYbTBVnl1q+nn3k4CaHXPJ/JtCTbODCOsd+IjwnSG4RUpalZsjJ4PtjKVh9p wOrWdfAEQYSfHA6XRt0bN9xbKwg8TM6fUTYk1H6RyQlwYrcIICTdxiLvGeIZLl4AEigG HZY7ZvcRFBA7uVhfrwmfuJ7vyZK7NJbi7RqCmWAR1GhOwdqwO+fjy/bme7JkCNHX2VQF KNMHlkfY2UKvA6gyDzzXRTAJdw8Vm0ILreFk21+diwa4BaBZI/v5EypfYQSrp7a02enC xSkg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytcoiae3rBcOX+DRNP8ZmWv4LsKlSKvS+27TQkqkFlY3sBEcwvHU x4RAAsXrhwKiWFkFs4CfRWI7cp1uZxqWVvL8MunmDQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x227BNeoSFDAWedq0rFr19DeTZTYZhU1m4x1/F1IL8OnPKeYbxTgiCL1aVJx4zzulHvjbWp4Q8oKfe1aGJo/WlCM= X-Received: by 10.25.163.68 with SMTP id m65mr1438522lfe.83.1516379029342; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:23:49 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.15.199 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:23:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <03c972a8f098b1b547da690efaad771f@schema31.it> References: <03c972a8f098b1b547da690efaad771f@schema31.it> From: Freddie Cash Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:23:48 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ancient FreeBSD update path To: Andrea Brancatelli Cc: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:23:52 -0000 On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 4:28 AM, Andrea Brancatelli < abrancatelli@schema31.it> wrote: > Hello guys. > > I have a couple of ancient FreeBSD install that I have to bring into > this century (read either 10.4 or 11.1) :-) > > I'm talking about a FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p4 and a couple of FreeBSD > 9.3-RELEASE-p53. > > What upgrade strategy would you suggest? > > Direct jump into the future (8 -> 11)? Progressive steps (8 -> 9 -> 10 > -> 11)? Boiling water on the HDs? :-) > =E2=80=8BI like to do it in steps. It takes longer, but the results tend t= o be better. 8.0 --> last 8.x release --> 9.0 --> last 9.x release --> 10.0 --> last 10.x release --> 11.0 --> last 11.x release Backup /usr/local/etc and any other configuration files that are strewn about. Then format/delete /usr/ports/* and /usr/local/* and install the ports/packages you need. Of course, for something that ancient, it would probably be faster/better to just backup the config files, format the drives, and install 11.1 from scratch. :) --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com