Upgrade 12.0 to 12.2

S

SAJM

I recently got an old laptop and loaded BSD 12.0 on it. I got it on-line and upgraded to 12.2 using the procedure at:

www.freebsd.org

FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE Installation Instructions

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org

Yesterday I got up to:

freebsd-update upgrade -r 12.2-RELEASE

downloaded some 44000 files and applied the patches
The system then started "Fetching 57350 files..." and there it sat for hours.
Unfortunately after several hours I lost my wi fi and gave up for the night.

This morning I repeated the procedure and it has been sitting at;

Fetching 57350 files...

for 4 hours. My wi fi connection is up. What is happening here and how long should I expect to wait?

Thanks

Steve
 
it's normal, depending on your internet speed and the hardware you are working on.
I suggest you to run the upgrade once again just to be sure that the upgrade is complete.
 
Yeah, it's going to take a while. Those downloaded patch files are cached, so it's not a problem to restart it a couple of times.

But as this is a "new" installation anyway, download the installer for 12.2 and redo the installation. That's probably faster judging by your connection speed.
 
You should see the progress when the files are being downloaded though. It's printing the files in steps of tenth:
Code: 
10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100
110....120....130....140....150....160....170....180....190....200
and so on all the way to 57350
 
With hindsight I should have loaded straight from 12.2.
I have a PC to upgrade next and will not repeat this mistake.
 
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