Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 14:26:49 -0400 To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: "questions\@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions Message-ID: <22802.2537.603844.409826@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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Drew Tomlinson writes: > I=E2=80=99m running two boxes with FreeBSD and both have been neglec= ted > for years. =09To the degree this is literally true, I join others in recommending: =091) make a list of ports, and port options. =092) back _everything_ up =093) scrub the disk =094) install from scratch =09 =09(2) and (3) can be combined by using a new disk, and keeping the old one as a permanant archive. =09Technically, it's more work. But it avoids several minefields, and you going to have to (re)build the ports (which is the big time sink) anyway. =09=09=09=09Respectfully, =09=09=09=09=09Robert Huff
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