On (25/08/05 11:27), Raquel Rice wrote: > "marco_elen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Finally after many tries and (actually unuseful) web searches I > > could install Debian on an HP NetServer LH4. As suggested by > > Raquel I simply installed Woody booting with "vanilla". I > > installed only the base system from the first cd. > > > > Now I have to upgrade to Sarge. > > Can I do it simply with apt-get dist-upgrade ? > > Will this remove the old kernel and replace with a kernel that > > won't work ? (I'm afraid I'll encounter the same SCSI problem I > > experienced while trying to install Sarge, but can anyone please > > tell if I'm wrong?) > > The upgrade "manual" suggests using aptitude dist-upgrade and doing > the kernel upgrade in a separate step. After upgrading to Sarge, I > later upgraded the kernel on the server to 2.4.27 and all went well. > But keep your old kernel around ... just in case. ;-) > > BTW ... I'm booting off the SCSI drive too.
I've got an LH3 also upgraded to sarge recently (from an original woody install) and upgrading with aptitude worked flawlessly. I also had a couple of LHPro200's which I've now given away but the last one also upgraded to sarge without a problem. The all booted off the SCSI RAID drives. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
