Re: [bitfolk] A reminder for those upgrading 32-bit Debian guests

Hi Paul, On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 10:42:20PM +0000, Paul Tansom wrote: I think what I would do is first try pvshim, achieved by setting either your architecture or virtmode to the same as what it currently is: xen shell> arch i686 xen shell> shutdown xen shell> boot The reason for that is that a) it's most likely to Just Work, and b) it's a change that will be forced on you in 11 days anyway if you stay as is, also if you go to PVH mode and then switch BACK, it will actually be pvshim as well. If you are at all worried that it might not work, ask BitFolk to do the switch. That doesn't make it any more/less likely to work but if it doesn't we can quickly roll the change back and try to see why. Once you've got that done, you can just leave it there, or you could try switch to PVH: xen shell> virtmode pvh xen shell> shutdown xen shell> boot If *that* doesn't work then you can just switch back to where you were before: xen shell> virtmode pv xen shell> boot This virtualisation mode is just a different way of booting, it will either work or not; there is not any danger to your data so I don't think there is any need to take a special backup (always have normal backups!). And you can just switch it back yourself if it doesn't work. Switching to PVH is a simple procedure that doesn't require any changes to your VM (assuming new enough kernel and grub2), so I would just do it if you can stand a reboot for pvshim and then a reboot for PVH. Having a new account to install into is the same work, but your stuff keeps working on the other one while you do it, so there is that. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting