That would be really appreciated.
Have you got that email?
2009/8/5 Siggy Brentrup <deb...@psycho.i21k.de>
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:05 +0800, Kun Niu wrote:
> > Just wish me good luck then.
> > Or I'll have to go thousands of miles to check my system.
> > That'll be really awesome for me.
> > And a live cd will be a really good idea.
> > Thank you for your kind reply.
> >
> > On 2009-08-04 22:41, Kun Niu wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > We've encountered the problem upgrading the kernel to 2.6.8.
> > >> Is that Etch?
> > >>
> > >
> > > No. Woody provides both 2.4 kernel and 2.6 kernel. But the default is
> the
> > > 2.4 one. There's a 2.6 verion in the branch.
> > >
> >
> > Ah, I remember that now...
> >
> > It seems that apt-get fail to execute the update-initramfs and the box
> > >>
> > >>> fails
> > >>> to boot.
> > >>> I execute the command by hand.
> > >>> But I haven't rebooted my machine since then.
> > >>> Hope that the new kernel will work for me.
> > >>> Is there anything else I should pay special attention to?
> > >>> Thanks for any attention and reply in advance.
> > >>>
> > >>> Are you trying to go straight from Woody to Lenny?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yes. That's what I want. Would that be too dangerous?
> > > We've encountered the boot failure problem.
> > > But the system works fine when switching back to the old 2.4 kernel.
> > >
> >
> > I don't think that Debian ever supports skipping major releases, and also
> I
> > think that before moving to Etch you should be running the 2.6 kernel and
> > have upgraded apt, dpkg and other important utilities. But if 2.6.9
> won't
> > boot, that's a problem.
> >
> > Somewhere on debian.org are pages on how to upgrade from Woody to Etch.
> So,
> > I'd read them first and try it.
> >
> > If that doesn't work, then I'd think long and hard about doing a fresh
> > install. (Hopefully you have /home and any data directories on separate
> > partitions.) Also, I'd get a Live CD and see if it boots on your system.
>
> I wrote down my experience with upgrading from an even older system
> some weeks ago, I just can't remember the subject and which ML.
> Going to search my sent folder, I'll be back soon.
>
> Siggy
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