Tony thanks, I'll put all that in my up;grade thoughts file and stirr a while. tom fowle On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 02:12:58AM -0800, Tony Baechler wrote: > Hi, > > First, honestly, the upgrade isn't too bad. On my desktop system, I > had a big mess of Lenny, Squeeze, Wheezy and testing packages. I > eventually got them all upgraded to Jessie without too much trouble. > It's really not as bad as it looks. Remember that the release notes > are written for all environments, including servers. > > If you only want to upgrade the kernel, you can do that separately > without upgrading the rest of the system. Just upgrade the > linux-image metapackage to the kernel shipped in Jessie and leave > the rest of the system alone. If you want the latest bleeding edge > kernel, upgrade to the kernel in testing, currently 4.2. You can > even download and install the kernel package manually if you want. > If you're really scared to add anything from Jessie, you can > download the Ubuntu kernel packages. The tar command I gave you > definitely works as I've used it on a server before. Make sure to > cd to / first. Although not strictly necessary, I find it easier to > make a system backup from the root directory (/). > > Finally, I do offer a paid support service and I would be happy to > do the upgrade for you. I don't wish to clutter the list with > advertising, so feel free to write off list if this interests you. > I would need ssh access to your machine and I would need root > privileges. > > On 11/5/2015 6:58 PM, Tom Fowle wrote: > >tony, > >thanks for all this. Looking at the upgrade documentation leaves me > >thoroughly intimmidated. My major reason for upgrading was to get beyond > >the current kernel crash that happens a couple 3 times a week. However with > >my lack of experience, I'd be pretty sure trying the upgrade would be a > >bigger mess. > >I'll re-evaluate the situation from time too time especially if/when they > >stop supporting jessie, and see what happens. > >Thanks again. > >Tom Fowle (official wimp!) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
