On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:41:25 +0200 "marco_elen" <marco_elen@libero.it> wrote: > OK!!! > > Finally after many tries and (actually unuseful) web searches I > could install Debian on an HP NetServer LH4. As suggested by > Raquel I simply installed Woody booting with "vanilla". I > installed only the base system from the first cd. > > Now I have to upgrade to Sarge. > Can I do it simply with apt-get dist-upgrade ? > Will this remove the old kernel and replace with a kernel that > won't work ? (I'm afraid I'll encounter the same SCSI problem I > experienced while trying to install Sarge, but can anyone please > tell if I'm wrong?) > > Best regards, > Marco Ballini > The upgrade "manual" suggests using aptitude dist-upgrade and doing the kernel upgrade in a separate step. After upgrading to Sarge, I later upgraded the kernel on the server to 2.4.27 and all went well. But keep your old kernel around ... just in case. ;-) BTW ... I'm booting off the SCSI drive too. -- Raquel ============================================================ It is very nearly impossible ... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. --James Baldwin
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