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    From Andrew Leary@86:86/1 to All on Sat Mar 14 03:54:26 2026
    I finally got around to setting up a FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE VM. I set it up
    as a new install, and it seemed to work okay. I have not tested it extensively. I also haven't tested upgrading from a previous release. I
    know someone in here posted a few months ago about issues with upgrading.

    Andrew



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  • From Sean Dennis@86:10/1 to Andrew Leary on Sat Mar 14 12:00:35 2026
    Hello Andrew,

    14 Mar 26 03:54, you wrote to All:

    I finally got around to setting up a FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE VM. I set
    it up as a new install, and it seemed to work okay. I have not tested
    it extensively. I also haven't tested upgrading from a previous
    release. I know someone in here posted a few months ago about issues
    with upgrading.

    I have't done it in a while, but I have successfully upgraded versions in FreeBSD before by following the steps listed in the BSD Handbook.

    -- Sean

    ... My dog just ate a $100 bill. I guess he has expensive taste.
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  • From Tanausu M.@86:534/20.1 to Andrew Leary on Sat Mar 14 19:14:00 2026

    Hello Andrew!

    14 Mar 26 03:54, you wrote to all:

    I finally got around to setting up a FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE VM. I set
    it up as a new install, and it seemed to work okay. I have not tested
    it extensively. I also haven't tested upgrading from a previous
    release. I know someone in here posted a few months ago about issues
    with upgrading.

    Andrew

    Hi, I'm glad it worked well for you. I also usually try it that way before updating a system, but... I had bad luck with the pkgbasify version and it gave me a lot of problems when updating the package manager. But in general, it works quite well following the documentation. My idea was to switch from synchronet to mbse, but... I think I'll stick with what I have; I've been testing it and it's quite complicated, from a beginner's perspective like mine.

    Tanausu


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  • From Javier Sturman@86:700/10 to Andrew Leary on Sun Mar 15 16:48:42 2026

    Hello Andrew!

    14 Mar 26 03:54, you wrote to all:

    I finally got around to setting up a FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE VM. I set
    it up as a new install, and it seemed to work okay. I have not tested
    it extensively. I also haven't tested upgrading from a previous
    release. I know someone in here posted a few months ago about issues
    with upgrading.

    I upgraded a couple of servers to 15.0-RELEASE via pkgbasify, the only issue I found was something related to keys used to get packages via pkg update/upgrade.
    Also upgraded another one to 14.4-RELEASE.


    Andrew



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    Javier


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  • From Javier Sturman@86:700/10 to Sean Dennis on Sun Mar 15 16:51:48 2026

    Hello Sean!

    14 Mar 26 12:00, you wrote to Andrew Leary:

    I have't done it in a while, but I have successfully upgraded versions
    in FreeBSD before by following the steps listed in the BSD Handbook.

    I think I ran into issues while upgrading from 13 to 14 because I didn't upgrade the UEFI partition.

    -- Sean

    ... My dog just ate a $100 bill. I guess he has expensive taste.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240209
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (86:10/1)

    Javier


    --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
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  • From Sean Dennis@86:10/1 to Javier Sturman on Wed Mar 18 09:37:30 2026
    Hello Javier,

    15 Mar 26 16:51, you wrote to me:

    I think I ran into issues while upgrading from 13 to 14 because I
    didn't upgrade the UEFI partition.

    Yeah, I'd gather that might cause a problem or two. :D

    -- Sean

    ... On y soit, qui mal y pense. (You are what you think.)
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