Re: Migrating a server to Debian amd64?
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:40:57AM +0300, Yassen Damyanov wrote:
> Couple of years experience with Gentoo but none with Debian. Need to
> migrate an AMD-64 server running Gentoo Linux to Debian AMD-64.
>
> Services:
> apache2,
> postfix + filters,
> ftp over TLS (vsftpd or proftpd),
> IMAPS (Courier-IMAP)
> SVN
>
> Hardware:
> Motherboard MSI K8MM, VIA K8M800 chipset
> CPU AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3200+
> VIA Rhine network card
>
> My questions:
>
> (1) Is the AMD64 port of Debian usable for a production server?
>
> (2) Does anyone have / know about positive experience with the hardware
> above?
>
> (3) If (1) is to be answered with a definite 'yes', then what would you
> recommend as steps to *remotely* convert the gentoo box into Debian amd64?
Unless you have remote access to the console (to control the boot loader
and such and reset system) I wouldn't consider doing a remote upgrade.
it can be done, but if you screw it up at all the system is stuck.
Len Sorensen
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