Hi jpff wrote:
> 1) Why will vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 not load (says loading and the does > nothing for over 30mins) when vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 does load? > don't know - I had same issue In my case I found out that initrd was broken. I still have to unpack the initrd copy /sbin/switch_root and package initrd again, so that I can boot. Why this - I don't know ... > 2) Is it OK to run with the older kernel? > yes, I ran jessie almost 2y with 3.2.0.4-amd64 - nothing wrong happened, no problems > 3) More importantly will it happen on Jessie->Stretch as climbing up > to dismantle the local net is hard (I have a balance issue) or is > there a way of testing before rebooting? > Perhaps you make a copy to virtual machine or another computer and try it there first changes are usually not applied directly to productive systems, you do it on a test system first and take notes - best write step by step guide further more read carefully the upgrade instructions provided by debian. If you stick to them, you usually won't have problems. regards
