On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 10:22 PM Olaf Meeuwissen <paddy-h...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> writes: > > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 6:14 AM wirelessduck--- via Dng > > <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > >> > >> On 7 Jan 2022, at 22:02, o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings > >>> > >>> Basic question is: what happened? > >>> > >>> I wanted to update a beowulf system. > >>> So did the apt update, apt upgrade, apt dist-upgrade > >>> after changing the references in /etc/apt/sources.list > >>> from beowulf to chimaera. > >>> > >>> After reboot - - - well - - - screen says devuan but > >>> uname -r is 4.19.xx and not 5.10.xx > >>> > >>> Any ideas as to how I update the kernel? > >> > >> Do you have the linux-image-amd64 package installed? This is the > >> meta-package that depends on the latest Linux kernel package for the > >> currently installed release; 4.19 for beowulf and 5.10 for > >> chimaera. Without this package there is nothing to tell APT to > >> install the newer kernel package on dist-upgrade. > >> > >> https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html?cpackage&qlinux-image-amd64&xsubmit > > > > No - - - dunno how but all that was installed was a kernel. > > What probably happened is that you selected the versioned kernel in the > devuan-installer when you first installed that beowulf system. The > installer gives you a choice between a versioned kernel and one that > tracks the latest version. > > I don't remember if that choice is available in the default install or > only in the expert install, though. > I was taught by a now deceased very long time *nix user to use a distributed partition system doing a system install. (Means I have partitions for root, var, usr, usr-local,swap and home.) This means that most often I have to use 'expert' install even though I'm no bloody expert. It is very likely that when I chose expert install that it was chosen for me to use a versioned kernel. Not recognizing that is very much a function of me using expert tools where I understand a very small part of what I'm actually doing.
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