retitle 310005 Better documentation needed for mips/mipsel upgrades severity 310005 important thanks
> ----- Forwarded message from Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- [snip] > Archive date: Thu May 19 19:00:01 UTC 2005 > Upgrade date: Sat May 21 04:17:36 CEST 2005 > uname -a: Linux signy 2.4.16 #1 Sun Dec 16 16:38:44 CET 2001 mips unknown JFTR, 2.4.16 is AFAICS the kernel from bootfloppies, 2.4.19 is the latest available in woody. [snip] > - Did any packages fail to upgrade? > yes, libc6. needs newer kernel. The sarge kernel is good enough for that. [snip] > doing upgrade tests here, and doing it from what the release notes say, > i just discovered that there is _NO_ aptitude in woody for mips/mipsel. > > So documentation MUST mention to first install aptitude from sarge (and > it's depends) before doing the rest of the upgrade with aptitude. This isn't going to work (as you discovered) because the kernel update must happen first. The steps I recommend for mips/mipsel are: - (SGI ip22 only:) Install arcboot from woody and make sure it correctly installed to boot the system, i.e. that the firmware variables point to arcboot instead of the kernel in the volume header. - Fetch the sarge 2.4.27 kernel and install it via dpkg -i. It will complain about module mismatches (from modutils) and ask if the installation should continue, with a default of NO. Say YES here, the modules are not used for basic system operation needed for an upgrade. - Reboot the system. - Change sources.list to point to sarge. - apt-get update; apt-get install aptitude >From here on, upgrading should follow the procedure for other architectures. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
