https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/25/ ... _upgraded/What's remarkable [...] is that it was originally installed with Debian Linux 0.93R5 in 1993, and the same installation of the OS is now running Debian 11 "Bullseye", the x86-64 version, freshly upgraded from an x86-32 installation of Debian 8 "Jessie".
That's why its administrator, Ian Jackson, described the process as a "skip-skip-cross-up-grade" – "skip" twice, because he skipped both Debian 9 and Debian 10 – and "cross" because he also moved the system from 32-bit to 64-bit in the process.
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Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
- Hallvor
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Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
Running Debian, of course. Administered by by dpkg-maker and former Debian project leader Ian Jackson.
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Re: Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
Wow, what a story. Thanks for sharing.
Mrs. HoaS runs a Debian bullseye system that started out as jessie on a different laptop. I'm impressed with that alone.
We found it notable that it was all done remotely, without a site visit, and that chiark runs LVM on top of RAID on top of LVM
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Mrs. HoaS runs a Debian bullseye system that started out as jessie on a different laptop. I'm impressed with that alone.
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Re: Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
That's an interesting article. I can imagine the mess I could make out of that. Jackson is definitely talented.
Thanks for posting this, Hallvor.
Thanks for posting this, Hallvor.
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Re: Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
I had read the blog thing and was quite impressed but am lost on one thing. What possible benefit could the lvm on top of raid on top of lvm thing give? Seems like complexity for the sake of complexity?
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Re: Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
Really impressive. The admin (Ian) must be really talented. I can say that my current Bullseye install started out as Stretch, and I have never had a problem with any upgrades (other than my own correctable mistakes). Kudos to the whole Debian Team. Maybe Debian Stable should be called The Rock! But then the real Rock might object. LOL!
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