Re: Upgrade 8.4-STABLE to 14-STABLE

Là où j'habite, il y a un proverbe qui dit :
celui qui va lentement va en toute sécurité et va loin.
Comme pour dire que seul un travail acharné apporte les résultats souhaités.
Les raccourcis en font moins, beaucoup moins.


On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 4:16 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:55:04 +0300
> Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to upgrade 8.4-STABLE to 14-STABLE, or even change it to
> > 14-RELEASE?
>
>         Certainly, but you will have to do it in stages to follow the
> beaten (read tested) path. 8.4-9.0, 9.0-10.0, 10.0-11.0 ... You might even
> have to take smaller steps. It occurs to me to wonder whether the
> freebsd-update servers still carry all the steps, that would be much
> faster. Just go 8.4-stable->9.0-release and use freebsd-update from there.
>
>         It would undoubtedly be quicker and easier to backup everything
> that's yours, install 14.0, restore your stuff.
>
> --
> Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
>
>

-- 
Mario.