Hi! I've mirrored most of the debian distribution, and I've gone thru the select process in dselect. Basically I'm ready to perform a full upgrade to Debian-1.1 now.
But I'm still weary of doing it because I don't want to have much downtime since my server is used for others dialing in. My main question is: Debian-1.1 is all ELF. My current system is a.out, including the kernel. If I go ahead with the upgrade from dselect, will my current 1.2.13-a.out kernel still be useable once the upgrade is complete? Or will I have to upgrade the kernel as well (which means I'd have to immediately reboot the server). I want to be able to go thru with the upgrade but not reboot immediately. I want to keep the server running while I go thru the kernel upgrade process (like compiling a new 2.0.x kernel). Also, will the current mgetty and pppd I have (a.out) work with the upgraded Debian? I will still upgrade those, but, similar to the kernel issue, I'd like to be able to continue using my current mgetty/pppd setup and upgrade those in a timely fasion. Suggestions are welcome! :) Ricardo
