I am attempting to install jessie on a Dell Poweredge R815. It has been
running wheezy reliably for years. And running squeeze reliably for years
before that. But no matter what I try it won't install or boot.
I have tried two ways.
1. I attempt a fresh install from a USB dongle. It gets all the way to
installing grub and then fails.
2. I do a fresh install of wheezy from a USB dongle. It boots wheezy just fine.
I do nothing but
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
(change all instances of wheezy to jessie, save, and exit)
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
(It upgrades without error. I answer the default to all questions.)
/sbin/reboot
Then it fails to reboot and goes into the initramfs. I have a picture of
the screen if anybody wishes.
I can reliably install and run wheezy over and over. I have not been able to
install or boot jessie despite numerous attempts.
Any suggestions?
Jeff (http://engineering.purdue.edu/~qobi)
