Re: jessie won't install/boot on a Dell Poweredge R815
On Mon 20 Jun 2016 at 20:53:55 +0200, deloptes wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
> > On Mon 20 Jun 2016 at 13:06:30 +0200, Michael Lange wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:43:35 +0200
> >> Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> > deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >> I am attempting to install jessie on a Dell Poweredge R815. It has
> >> > >> been running wheezy reliably for years. And running squeeze reliably
> >> > >> for years before that. But no matter what I try it won't install or
> >> > >> boot.
> >> >
> >> > > why is an upgrade not an option?
> >> >
> >> > Upgrade to what? He wants to install Jessie, you can't get a newer
> >> > stable Debian than that.
> >>
> >> I guess he meant a dist-upgrade from an installed wheezy to jessie, if
> >> jessie won't do a fresh install.
> >
> > I think the OP's attempt at a dist-upgrade was described in item 2 of
> > his first mail.
>
> The problem is the kernel and some other changes that cause troubles.
Really?
You can deduce that from the sparse information provided by the OP?
I like "some other changes". Push something completely unspecified into
a discussion and we all nod our heads at the wisdom of the statement.
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