On Wed, May 25, 2016, at 03:47 PM, Jeff Ross wrote: > Thank you, Theo. > > I know this is true. I was tempted to jump right to 5.9 but decided to > heed the directions on > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade56.html > > " > > *Note: Upgrades are only supported from one release to the release > immediately following it. Do not skip releases. If you got lucky skipping > releases in the past, you may not this time."*
What this means is do not try to UPGRADE from say 5.6 to 5.8. Doing a clean install of 5.9 and migrating your old data and setup is supported.