Distro too much trouble to upgrade?

There is no FreePBX 1.8xx

You have been around a long time you should know you version numbers by now.

I was preaching 4 years ago in the trixbox forums to install the genuine FreePBX backup module for when this day happened.

To answer your question, no you can’t ever restore between versions, even with FreePBX. Must restore to same version then upgrade to the latest.

John already answered and pointed out that a trixbox conversion script has already been provided.

No Opensource project can guarantee it will be around. It all depends on the users. Since clearly your PBX is important to you, start supporting the community. Understand how Digium and FreePBX are funded. Go to OTTS training, purchase some add on modules in from the app store and use Sipstation trunks.

All of that revenue keeps the project going.

Sorry skykingoh I meant distro.