Re: Storage server
Am Freitag, 7. September 2012 schrieb Veljko:
> > This is Debian. Since 1997 or so, you have had the ability to
> > upgrade from major version n to version n+1 without
> > reinstalling. You won't need to reinstall unless you change
> > architectures (i.e. from x86_32 to x86_64).
> But, isn't complete reintall safest way? Dist-upgrade can go wrong
> sometime.
The Debian Wheezy on my ThinkPad T42 as a Debian Sarge or something like
this on my ThinkPad T23. Same with my workstation at work, heck I even
recovered from a bit error restore from a hardware raid controller by
reinstalling any package that debsums complained about.
That should give you an idea of the upgradeability of Debian.
I only every installed a new system on 32 => 64 bit switch. And in the not
to distant future even that might not be needed anymore. (Yes, I know of
the inofficial hacks that may even work without multiarch support, i.e. the
website with the big fat blinking warning not to do this;)
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