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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