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And that is not the case...
i need the old kernel for backup, but the 2.2 Kernel wouldn't work with
woody (devfs,...), this one is s.th i have tested...

Any work around? or just be extar careful before re-booting?

The way to go is by now:
- open multiple connections to the host (ssh, telnet-ssl)
- source.list points to woody
- "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" to download all packages
- apt-get dist-upgrade to install them.
- recompile new kernel for the used hardware.
- install that new kernel.
- reboot
- enjoy or curse the world...

Am i missing s.th.?

and the i just need to dare the deed... 

	:/

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: I. Forbes [mailto:iforbes@zsd.co.za]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Februar 2002 15:22
An: Andreas Rabus
Cc: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
Betreff: 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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