John wrote: > It booted OK with the last Whezzy kernel but I am afraid to try to > upgrade to Stretch with this suspect system. Problem is this machine > is the interface between the LAN and the Internet so without it things > are difficult
I use serial to usb and manage reboots this way. I have server and firewall without keyboard/display) You can still keep the old kernel/initrd as a fall back. >From jessie to stretch there were fewer issues (actually non for me). Check the initrd setup (/etc/initramfs-tools/). regards