Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions

Drew Tomlinson writes:

>  I’m running two boxes with FreeBSD and both have been neglected
>  for years.

	To the degree this is literally true, I join others in
recommending:

	1) make a list of ports, and port options.
	2) back _everything_ up
	3) scrub the disk
	4) install from scratch
	
	(2) and (3) can be combined by using a new disk, and keeping the
old one as a permanant archive.
	Technically, it's more work.  But it avoids several minefields,
and you going to have to (re)build the ports (which is the big time
sink) anyway.


				Respectfully,


					Robert Huff