7 Dec
2010
7 Dec
'10
8:53 a.m.
So I've been a bit of a slacker and fallen behind on OS upgrades. This is
where I am:
james:~$ uname -a
Linux www 2.6.18-6-xen-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 22:43:13 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
james:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
Will I hit kernel problems if I upgrade the OS without the kernel, or the
kernel without the OS?
Is there a recommended/tested kernel package?
Thanks
James
7 Dec
7 Dec
10:06 a.m.
On 07/12/2010 08:53, James Ogden wrote:
Will I hit kernel problems if I upgrade the OS without the kernel, or
the kernel without the OS?
Is there a recommended/tested kernel package?
I can't answer your query directly, but if you use webalizer for
analysing web stats, then you need to be aware that
the upgrade that will come between Ubuntu 8.4 and ubuntu 10.4 are
incompatible with each other.
You can get webaliser working again if you delete the webalizer.current
file(s) but that will remove all old stats.
All my sites have just lost all their historical stats. :(
Regards
Ian
2:38 p.m.
Hi James,
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 08:53:16AM +0000, James Ogden wrote:
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
Will I hit kernel problems if I upgrade the OS without the kernel, or the
kernel without the OS?
Is there a recommended/tested kernel package?
You should be able to go through every version of Ubuntu through
Intrepid to Lucid (or Maverick). At least one customer has done it.
I would have thought it will be easier just migrating to a new VPS though:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Migrating_to_a_new_VPS
Cheers,
Andy
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13 Dec
13 Dec
4:56 p.m.
On 07/12/10 14:38, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi James,
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 08:53:16AM +0000, James Ogden wrote:
Though,
dependant on the spec of your box, you might find you OOM, like
I did, so make sure you get a snapshot first!
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
Will I hit kernel problems if I upgrade the OS without the kernel, or the
kernel without the OS?
Is there a recommended/tested kernel package?
You should be able to go through
every version of Ubuntu through
Intrepid to Lucid (or Maverick). At least one customer has done it. I would have thought it will be easier just migrating
to a new VPS though:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Migrating_to_a_new_VPS
Yep, this is how I've
done it - a lot easier - and it's always nice to
have a fresh box..
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