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Re: Wheezy upgrade and Dell Inspiron 9300 (Intel Centrino)



On 06/29/2016 05:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> Tomorrow I am going to upgrade a Dell Inspiron 9300, with an Intel Centrino, 
> from Wheezy to Jessie.  Hopefully it will go without a hitch.  I upgraded my 
> own desktop from Wheezy to Jessie last weekend and it was so trouble-free I 
> was pinching myself.
> 
> Is there likely to be a problem with Jessie on an old computer, either 
> upgrading or installing?
> 
> If there is a problem upgrading, I shall reinstall using a Jessie netinstall 
> CD.  Is there likely to be a problem because the network card is too old??
> 
> I was also going to take with me (the computer is 10 miles away) a wheezy 
> install CD of some kind just in case.  What I have available is the 
> firmware-7.8.0-amd64-i386-multiarch-netinst.iso
> Is this still usable?  I see no reason why it wouldn't be, but....
> 
> Thanks,
> Lisi
> 
> 

Lisi, I upgraded a Dell Inspiron 9100 from Wheezy to Jessie last year
without any problem.  As I recall, the only issue was powering down;
sudo halt did not kill the power.  sudo poweroff did.

Good luck.

Regards,
Ralph





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