Binary upgrade from 8.4 to 10.1

[Paul Schmehl]

I just upgraded one of our servers from 8.4-RELEASE to 10.2-RELEASE and had 
very few problems - none with the actual upgrade.  I followed the 
instructions in the Handbook, as John suggested, and the upgrade went 
smoothly.

I must admit, I was holding my breath.  I've always sat at the console and 
upgraded the old way (make installkernel, etc.), so this was my first time 
upgrading using freebsd-update.  (I did do an upgrade from 10.1-Beta to 
10.2-RELEASE yesterday, but this is the first time jumping major versions.)

Kudos to Colin for a wonderful tool that makes life much easier.

--On August 3, 2015 at 4:39:57 PM -0500 Paul Schmehl 
<pschmehl_lists at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks, John.
>
> --On August 3, 2015 at 9:23:35 PM +0000 John Howie <john at thehowies.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> The FreeBSD Handbook is your friend:
>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgra
>> ding.html.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/3/15, 2:17 PM, "owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org on behalf of
>> Paul Schmehl" <owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org on behalf of
>> pschmehl_lists at tx.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am responsible for sysadmin work on two internet-facing servers -
>>> www.stovebolt.com and mail.stovebolt.com.  Both of these servers are
>>> production servers, and we have no test or devel servers.  (Small hobby
>>> website with very little money.)
>>>
>>> I want to upgrade from FreeBSD 8.4 RElEASE to FreeBSD 10.1 RELEASE using
>>> FreeBSD update.
>>>
>>> I've done this before, and I don't think I'll run into issues with the
>>> binary update, but I want to make sure I do everything right and in the
>>> right order.
>>>
>>> Is there a document that describes this process with detailed steps that
>>> doesn't leave anything out?
>>>
>>> I did find this:
>>> <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2014-November/081088.
>>> html>
>>>
>>> But I'm wondering if there is an official document that describes every
>>> step of the process.
>>>
>>> Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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>
> Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
*******************************************
"It is as useless to argue with those who have
renounced the use of reason as to administer
medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very
intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell