On Tuesday 17 August 2021 12:00:57 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 07:24:45AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just installed another sata controller and 4 1 T-byte Samsung > > SSD's. > > > > The controller claims to be a 15 port port expander, but only 6 are > > bonded out, and collectively show up at ata7 in dmesg. > > > > They show up as /dev/sde/f/g/h but have not otherwise been touched. > > > > So I thought I'd make sure I was up to date, annd possibly install > > some raid-ish stuff to prepare this array for use as /home in the > > bullseye install, but something is ay least 5000% aglay. > > > > sudo apt update says it wants to gut much of the system and upgrade > > 2588 packages. Yet my repo list looks like its normal stretch. > > > > What is going on? Do I wind up on buster or should I kiss it all > > goodbye? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > I think the others have mostly covered this but: > > Do the update to Buster - take it as slow as you need to. Bring it > bang up to date.
Where do I find the recipe to update stretch to buster? Thank you Andrew. > For the Buster to Bullseye - > > READ RELEASE NOTES :) > > Use apt. > > Change sources list. https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList > > apt update > > apt upgrade > > [That will upgrade any services / packages that can be upgraded > in place without compromising anything else.] > > apt full-upgrade > > [Which will do the final upgrade and sort otu the warning messages > about distribution has changed etc.] > > Good luck, should be relatively straightforward. > > Andy Cater Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
