Re: AW: dist-upgrade on remote server
Hello Andreas
You should be able to upgrade potato to woody with a 2.2 series
kernel.
You can compile/upgrade your kernel after the debian upgrade.
I would prefer to compile and test the kernel on a local machine and
create a "kernel-image...deb" file. Then copy this onto the new
server and install it with dpkg. But then you need to have the same
hardware on your local machine to test it with.
Regards
Ian
On 5 Feb 2002, at 14:35, Andreas Rabus wrote:
>
> Is it possible to compile a new kernel befor the reboot?
> Whats about
> Our remote box has an RAID Controler from GDT whos driver surely is not in
> the default kernel...
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Donovan Baarda [mailto:abo@minkirri.apana.org.au]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Februar 2002 14:08
> An: I. Forbes
> Cc: Andreas Rabus; debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: dist-upgrade on remote server
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:52:49AM +0200, I. Forbes wrote:
> > Hello Andreas
> >
> > It should be possible. I upgraded a number machines from slink to
> > potato - remotely but I have not started on remote potato to woody
> > upgrades yet. If helps if you have practised on a local machine.
> >
> > I suggest you take a few precautions:
> [...]
> > - be vary careful before you re-boot the machine.
>
> I just had to travel to a server that failed to come up from a reboot after
> remote upgrade to woody. The problem was kernel-2.4.17's initrd stuff didn't
> automaticly load the AHA-2940 module... In the 2.2.x series kernel this must
> have been compiled in, but for the new 2.4.x series it needed an entry in
> /etc/modules. I ended up manualy running modconf to add it in, then
> dpkg-reconfigure'd the kernel to make sure the initrd had it in. Another
> option that _might_ have worked is installing discover...
>
> Just something else to be wary of :-(
>
>
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