On Mon 20 Jun 2016 at 20:53:55 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 20 Jun 2016 at 13:06:30 +0200, Michael Lange wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:43:35 +0200 > >> Sven Hartge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > deloptes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote: > >> > > >> > >> I am attempting to install jessie on a Dell Poweredge R815. It has > >> > >> been running wheezy reliably for years. And running squeeze reliably > >> > >> for years before that. But no matter what I try it won't install or > >> > >> boot. > >> > > >> > > why is an upgrade not an option? > >> > > >> > Upgrade to what? He wants to install Jessie, you can't get a newer > >> > stable Debian than that. > >> > >> I guess he meant a dist-upgrade from an installed wheezy to jessie, if > >> jessie won't do a fresh install. > > > > I think the OP's attempt at a dist-upgrade was described in item 2 of > > his first mail. > > The problem is the kernel and some other changes that cause troubles.
Really? You can deduce that from the sparse information provided by the OP? I like "some other changes". Push something completely unspecified into a discussion and we all nod our heads at the wisdom of the statement.
