Is there a reason to update the current system and/or reboot with the updated kernel before jumping to a new system, or is everything set up in a way that once updated and upgraded into the target system the reboot will take you "up" there?
My experience has only been with various stages of Jessie into Stretch and I thought I risked doing this, I've had one failure which was probably due to an incorrect gfx-resolution adjustment, but in general it worked. Like going from 8.2 or 8.5 disk installation straight into updated Stretch or Sid. Let's say someone has a Debian 6 that hasn't been updated for a while, can they switch to testing or sid and update? cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 09:07:45AM -0500, songbird wrote: >> because i keep a second bootable partition a >> few versions back i am a bit more brave/stupid >> at times and just do the usual routine: >> >> ===== >> >> $ apt-get update >> $ apt-get upgrade >> >> # and then see what is held back before doing the > > I suggest doing: > > apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs > > just before: > >> $ apt-get dist-upgrade > > See: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00279.html > > :) >
