Exploring the updateability of FreeBSD 8.2 -> 12.1

[rainer at ultra-secure.de]

Am 2020-09-09 15:27, schrieb matthew at FreeBSD.org:

> For such a large jump in versions, it would probably be a good idea to
> obtain a new hard drive and do a complete fresh install of FreeBSD
> from scratch, install all the necessary packages, copy over data and
> add any local configuration to replicate the functionality of the old
> system. This has several advantages:
> 
>   * You will still have the original 8.2 system available to revert 
> back
>     to in case of problems
>   * You can adapt the disk partitioning to suit what current FreeBSD
>     needs, or you change low level things like switching from UFS to 
> ZFS
>     if desired.
>   * It takes the pressure off -- you can in principle work on 
> installing
>     the new system off-line, apply whatever acceptance tests you need
>     and then only have as much downtime as it takes to swap in the new
>     drive.


It's principally a VM, so I could create a snapshot.

I'm now considering doing a parallel, fresh install, though.


Thanks for the input.


Rainer