Installing from running FreeBSD

[Alnis Morics]

On 11/28/2014 18:53, Chris Petrik wrote:
>
> On 11/28/2014 10:48, Eduardo Morras wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a server running FreeBSD 9.2-p15. I want to upgrade it to 
>> release 10.1 with minimal shutdown so I'm thinking about installing 
>> 10.1 in a new partition running the 10.1 installer from 9.2., 
>> configure the system, install and configure ports, and then restart 
>> with 10.1. I never did it before nor know if it can be done and some 
>> questions emerge:
>>
>> a) Did someone tried it before?
>> b) Can it be done safety/ly?
>> c) How can I install ports or pkgs in 10.1 partition from 9.2, 
>> perhaps with the pkg jail (-j) option?
>>
>> Thanks in advence
>>
>>
>> ---   ---
>> Eduardo Morras <emorrasg at yahoo.es>
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> Why not just use freebsd-update you only reboot once.
Yes, and you can make an OS dump before you upgrade, in case something 
goes wrong.