On Mon 20 Jun 2016 at 13:06:30 +0200, Michael Lange wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:43:35 +0200 > Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > > > deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote: > > > > >> 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. > > > > > why is an upgrade not an option? > > > > Upgrade to what? He wants to install Jessie, you can't get a newer > > stable Debian than that. > > I guess he meant a dist-upgrade from an installed wheezy to jessie, if > jessie won't do a fresh install.
I think the OP's attempt at a dist-upgrade was described in item 2 of his first mail.
