Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-09 Thread Dirk Lattermann
Am Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:07:01 +0200 schrieb Dirk Lattermann : > Worked pretty straightforward with just some minor complications: [1...3] Oh I forgot 4. While upgrading to Devuan Jessie, I needed to switch the kernel compression to xz to make the initrd image fit in flash memory. And, by the way,

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-09 Thread Dirk Lattermann
Am Sat, 1 Sep 2018 17:30:47 +0200 schrieb Arnt Karlsen : > On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:58:58 +0100, Mark wrote in message > <20180831095858.gn1...@hindley.org.uk>: > > I can't find any specific instructions or report of Wheezy -> ASCII > > migration. Does anybody have experience of it? I've got a

Re: [DNG] DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 10:40:01AM +0200, Stephane Ascoet wrote: > > And when you go wheezy->jessie->ascii, you'll end up with a lot of "undead" > > packages without upgrade candidate or things you put on hold ages ago > > Hi, what? Anyway this should happen then with everyone upgrading years aft

Re: [DNG] DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-03 Thread Stephane Ascoet
And when you go wheezy->jessie->ascii, you'll end up with a lot of "undead" packages without upgrade candidate or things you put on hold ages ago Hi, what? Anyway this should happen then with everyone upgrading years after years... -- Sincerely, Stephane Ascoet _

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Samstag, 1. September 2018 schrieb Simon Hobson: > Steve Litt wrote: > > > Install fresh, copy your data, and you're 90% done. There will be a few > > special configs you'll need to edit in the new system, based on the old. > > There is something to be said for that. One of the issues I've h

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread Simon Hobson
Steve Litt wrote: > Install fresh, copy your data, and you're 90% done. There will be a few > special configs you'll need to edit in the new system, based on the old. There is something to be said for that. One of the issues I've had with a number of upgrades is the config changes - you get lo

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 10:49:17 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:58:58AM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an old and venerable headless system that runs Debian > > Wheezy. Now Wheezy is EOL I need to upgrade without pulling in > > systemd and dbus. Devuan is the

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:58:58 +0100, Mark wrote in message <20180831095858.gn1...@hindley.org.uk>: > Hello, > > I have an old and venerable headless system that runs Debian Wheezy. > Now Wheezy is EOL I need to upgrade without pulling in systemd and > dbus. Devuan is the obvious choice. > > I ca

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:58:58AM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > Hello, > > I have an old and venerable headless system that runs Debian Wheezy. Now > Wheezy > is EOL I need to upgrade without pulling in systemd and dbus. Devuan is the > obvious choice. > > I can't find any specific instructions

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread terryc
On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:58:58 +0100 Mark Hindley wrote: > Hello, > > I have an old and venerable headless system that runs Debian Wheezy. > Now Wheezy is EOL I need to upgrade without pulling in systemd and > dbus. Devuan is the obvious choice. > > I can't find any specific instructions or repor

Re: [DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-09-01 Thread Ozi Traveller
This might be what you seek! ;) Personally I'd go to jessie first, just my 2 cents. https://git.devuan.org/dev1fanboy/Upgrade-Install-Devuan/blob/master/migrate-to-jessie.md https://git.devuan.org/dev1fanboy/Upgrade-Install-Devuan/blob/master/migrate-to-ascii.md ozi On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7

[DNG] Migrate from Debian Wheezy to Devuan ASCII

2018-08-31 Thread Mark Hindley
Hello, I have an old and venerable headless system that runs Debian Wheezy. Now Wheezy is EOL I need to upgrade without pulling in systemd and dbus. Devuan is the obvious choice. I can't find any specific instructions or report of Wheezy -> ASCII migration. Does anybody have experience of it? Ma