Re: configure sources.list
On 11/14/2016 04:21 PM, rod wrote:
> rod@cplus:~$ uname -a
> Linux cplus 3.2.0-4-sparc64 #1 Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u3 sparc64 GNU/Linux
That's the kernel version, not the version of the Linux installed. However,
from the kernel version suffix, it's easy to tell that's the kernel used
in Debian Wheezy.
What you want is:
glaubitz@ikarus:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux buildd-unstable (sid)
Release: buildd-unstable
Codename: sid
glaubitz@ikarus:~$
> and go through the update process, will it bring the machine to our
> current level;
>
> rod@ravirin~$uname -a
> Linux ravirin 4.9.0-rc2+ #3 SMP Thu Oct 27 01:17:17 BST 2016 sparc64
> GNU/Linux
>
> ?
No. You cannot dist-upgrade a Debian installation running "sparc" to
a "sparc64" installation. You might be confused by the fact that
"uname -a" on the Wheezy machine printed "sparc64". However, that's
only because Debian has been using 64-bit kernel by default even
on 32-bit sparc installations.
> I would like to update the first machine without having to load it from
> scratch.
I'm afraid you have to reinstall the system unless you are skilled
enough to deal with different chroots and swap the old root filesystem
with the new one. But that's a bit tricky and not recommended unless
you know what you're doing.
Adrian
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