Re: Still on stretch, getting ready for bullseye
On Tuesday 17 August 2021 09:01:32 Gene Heskett wrote:
My mis-steak, its Tuesday not Monday.
> On Tuesday 17 August 2021 08:05:27 Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > Greetings all;
> > >
> > > I just installed another sata controller and 4 1 T-byte Samsung
> > > SSD's.
> > >
> > > The controller claims to be a 15 port port expander, but only 6
> > > are bonded out, and collectively show up at ata7 in dmesg.
> > >
> > > They show up as /dev/sde/f/g/h but have not otherwise been
> > > touched.
> > >
> > > So I thought I'd make sure I was up to date, annd possibly install
> > > some raid-ish stuff to prepare this array for use as /home in the
> > > bullseye install, but something is ay least 5000% aglay.
> > >
> > > sudo apt update says it wants to gut much of the system and
> > > upgrade 2588 packages. Yet my repo list looks like its normal
> > > stretch.
> > >
> > > What is going on? Do I wind up on buster or should I kiss it all
> > > goodbye?
> >
> > Tell us more about what you're doing, but also remember that you
> > can't skip stable versions in an upgrade - you need to upgrade
> > from stretch to buster, then to bullseye.
> >
> > -dsr-
>
> I am subbed Dan, don't need the Cc:
>
> Tell me where to read about an insitu upgrade from stretch to buster,
> its running very well on 5 other machines here.
>
> Or is that what apt wants to do this Monday morning by wanting to
> upgrade 2588 packages? This is an uptodate stretch, last checked day
> before yesterdaty, aka Saturday, but now it wants to do this:
>
> root@coyote:~$ apt update
> Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
> Hit:2 http://linuxcnc.org stretch InRelease
> Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian oldstable InRelease
> Hit:4
> http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-builddeps-r14.0.0
>/debian stretch InRelease
> Hit:5
> http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-r14.0.0/debian
> stretch InRelease
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 2588 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see
> them.
>
> 2 hours later it still wants to do that. That is enough to put me on
> buster. IF it works. That is the $64,000 question, will it work? Or
> has somebody misscopied the apt list from buster to stretch?
>
> Thanks Dan.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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