Upgrading Proxmox 8 to 9 on Macbook Pro 2015

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:03:56 -0800

I run proxmox 8 on an old 2015 ish Macbook Pro. 16GB memory, silent, 500GB SSD, it’s a good machine. When Proxmox 9 came out, I wanted to upgrade it to 9. Proxmox has an upgrade guide. Followed it, everything went fine. After reboot and upon ssh, I realized, root was mounted read-only.¹

How to Upgrade FreeBSD to a Newer Version or Release

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:44:21 -0700

Commands:

freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.1-RELEASE
freebsd-update install
shutdown -r now
freebsd-update install
shutdown -r now

Notes:

“14.1-RELEASE” –> You can use replace it with “14.2-RELEASE” or any other release in that format.
Before running the final “shutdown -r now”, you might have to do an additional “freebsd-update install” if any application is asking for it.

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How to Upgrade FreeBSD to a Newer Version or Release