Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:58:03 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> Cc: Ross <basarevych@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I upgrade 9.1 straight to 10.2? Message-ID: <20160128085803.30621c2a@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CALeGphwKM5VonhQ1W43G9nsQ4WDXvGJRmWoBT9wynq_aqtKvEA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANmv3=wF%2BsSfZLMCmuo2LYRv7EfpxL4QDWGn7EwjDs-k6VKOgQ@mail.gmail.com> <20160128074558.0a5c43d1@X220.alogt.com> <CALeGphwKM5VonhQ1W43G9nsQ4WDXvGJRmWoBT9wynq_aqtKvEA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:23:16 -0800 "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Erich Dollansky > <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:23:18 +0200 > > Ross <basarevych@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a server with an old installation of FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE. > >> Can I just download 10.2 sources and do installworld and > >> installkernel there? > >> > >> Or should I install all the releases in between one by one? > > > > it is very simple. Make a backup, make a snapshot, download the > > latest sources. Just be careful with mergemaster. I would do it by > > hand. > > > > If you can't compile the latest sources on the old machine, go to > > 10.0 first. I do not think that you have to go through all releases > > between. 10.0 might be the only obstacle. > > > > Erich > > I upgrade remotely all the time and it's worked fine for me every > time. of course, if you do it all the time. His problem might be the new compiler in 10. I see his problem randomly when upgrading older machines. As my standard procedure is then to go by the xx.0 releases until I am there, I never tried to figure out which revision might has caused the problem. Erich _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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