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
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