8 Oct
2012
8 Oct
'12
2:17 p.m.
Hello Neil,
On 2012-10-08 14:51, Neil Morris wrote:
I'm attempting to upgrade my VPS from Etch to
Lenny and then onto
Squeeze.
For some reason it is failing at the first step. What is happening is
shown below. What is the solution?
Thanks
Neil
myserver:~# aptitude update
Ign http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com [1] lenny Release.gpg
Ign http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com [1] lenny/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com [1] lenny Release
Ign http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com [1] lenny/updates Release
Err http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com [1] lenny/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 85.119.80.211 80]
This is because the Lenny repos does not exist any more upstream (I
fell into this trap myself). There are basically two different workflows
you can follow:
1.1 Ask Bitfolk to do a snapshot of your VPS, so that you have
something to fall back onto in case the next step does not work.
1.2 Once you have a snapshot, dist-upgrade directly to Squeeze. This
should work with some minor hassles (such as different formatting in
config files etc), but nothing especially serious.
Failing that:
2.1 Ask Bitfolk to arrange for a migration VPS
2.2 Migrate all your software and settings
2.3 Decommission the old VPS
Regards,
Jan Henkins