On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Stan Hoeppner <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen Powell put forth on 5/28/2010 8:18 AM: > >> I've had so many problems with migrations that I don't do them >> anymore. > > My experience thus far is the exact opposite Stephen. I have one server that > I've in-place upgraded from Woody through Lenny, including hardware upgrades > along the way (NIC, HD, IDE to SATA, piix to libata, same mobo though). > That's 4 successive live distribution upgrades of a single host spanning 8 > years. I'm sure servers can be easier due to usually having far fewer > packages installed. (knocks on wood) > > Now, the distro upgrade to Squeeze once it becomes Stable may be a different > experience for me entirely, especially if it destroys LILO, installs Grub2, > and hoses my system in the process.
On a fully-updated Lenny, you should be able to change your sources.list to Squeeze and upgrade/downgrade lilo to grub-pc and grub-common without pulling in any other Squeeze packages. You could then reboot the box to make sure that it comes back up before proceeding. Recovering from a grub2 disaster (if it happens) will be easier without having to deal with any other potential Squeeze surprises - like a switch from hdX to sdX. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
