Re: 8 -> 9 update changing things
On Thursday 16 December 2021 06:00:19 pm Dan Ritter wrote:
> Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > On Thursday 16 December 2021 02:49:17 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > >
> > > I would seriously suggest upgrading from 9 to at least 10. You might sort out some of the issues but, more
> > > importantly, will be moving up to a better supported system
> >
>
> > I'll get there. But upgrading involves me copying a whole pile of
> > stuff over to my server, including some really large files that are
> > involved in Virtualbox and the one snapshot I have, and then figuring
> > out a whole mess of detailed stuff that I need to do to make the
> > upgrade happen. Last time it was something like 3 or 4 days before I
> > was back to anything remotely resembling normal, and I'm not looking
> > forward to the next time (or two).
>
> You don't do regular backups?
>
> I recommend them.
Configuring Amanda is on my list, here.
> I can also vouch for a couple of facts:
>
> - every version of Debian stable has been easier to upgrade to than the last.
>
> - you do about half the amount of work by upgrading from 9 to 10 and then immediately to 11, and then figuring out what
> needs to change, as you would if you tried to figure out changes for each upgrade.
Yeah, but I'm really getting to know a lot about the details of this setup in the process. :-)
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