Upgrade from 8.4 to 10.2

[Terje Elde]

> On 12 Dec 2015, at 19:12, Peter Harrison <four.harrisons at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks both. Should I go straight to 9.3 or to 9 then 9.3?

General rule of thumb, not just FreeBSD, but applies here as well;

Go one major at a time, but to the highest version in that major, so 9.3. 

There could be bugs in 9.0 that's been resolved in 9.3 for example, and 9.3 to 10-series has probably seen more testing than 9.0 to 10-series. 

In other words, 9.3 offers a bit reduced risk when upgrading both to and from it. 

Might not be a problem to go straight to 10, and if you test first, that's a viable path. 

Oh, and it can't hurt to skim through /usr/src/UPDATING of the versions you're upgrading to. If there's anything required to be done manually, it'll almost certainly be listed there (sorry if anyone already mentioned). 

You can find the right version of the file easily online. 

Terje