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Date:      Sat, 12 Dec 2015 13:33:11 +0100
From:      Terje Elde <terje@elde.net>
To:        Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade from 8.4 to 10.2
Message-ID:  <05930DAC-9997-48F3-8A36-C23616058423@elde.net>
In-Reply-To: <566C1177.7010900@my.hennepintech.edu>
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> On 12 Dec 2015, at 13:22, Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> wrote:
> 
> It would be best to go to 9.3 first, and it's a good idea to have console
> access just in case something goes wrong or you make a mistake somewhere.

This. 

But also, if at all possible, I highly recommend testing the upgrade first. Perhaps restore a backup to another system, and upgrade that for example. 

FreeBSD is in my experience quite stable and offers relatively little trouble, but better safe than sorry. 

Terje



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