Posts Tagged upgrade
Side-loading FreeBSD versions using Boot Environments
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
In other words, upgrading a FreeBSD box the dirty way. This is very much a “works on my machine” approach but it should get you 90% of the way to dealing with your own. Expect annoying breakages and m…
Upgrading FreeBSD the Dirty Way
Thursday, 29 Nov 2018
For some reason, you’re unable to simply upgrade this system the normal way. Instead, we’ll use the new bectl feature to provide a boot environment, and do a dirty upgrade inside that, out of the way …