Its now in my upgrade procedure so I don't __
Thanks again.
Regards
Michael Knill
On 8/9/20, 5:53 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:29 PM, Michael Knill
<michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>
> Thanks Lonnie for the info.
>
> So if things are running fine now then there shouldn't be too much risk
waiting until I do my next upgrade (1.3.10 or later) before I upgrade Runnix?
Sounds like a good plan to me. Just don't forget about it :-)
Lonnie
>
> Regards
> Michael Knill
>
> On 7/9/20, 11:39 pm, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
>
> Also keep in mind AstLinux 1.3.8 and older will only upgrade RUNNIX to
runnix-0.5.11.
>
> AstLinux 1.3.10 and newer will use runnix-0.6.1 (or later)
>
> Lonnie
>
>
>> On Sep 7, 2020, at 8:12 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>
wrote:
>>
>> While Michael Keuter is correct, keeping up with latest RUNNIX is a good
idea, an upgrade has never been required for a new AstLinux release.
>>
>> The advantage of the latest RUNNIX is the e2fsprogs and other tools are
updated in case RUNNIX is needed to rescue a disk. When RUNNIX 0.6.2 (dev only
currently) is made publicly available, its 4.19.x kernel has better NIC support
so RUNNIX ssh access is supported for more boxes.
>>
>> Of note, by default the following is unchecked ...
>>
>> Prefs tab -> System & Staff Tab Options:
>> ___ Disable faster "kernel-reboot" System Reboot
>>
>> this means RUNNIX is only used on first boot (or after a "reboot" from
the CLI), and the normal System Reboot is done via "kernel-reboot" which skips
RUNNIX. ("kernel-reboot" uses the currently running firmware and 'kexec' to new
firmware)
>>
>> More details of the AstLinux boot process can be found here:
>>
>> System Boot Process
>> https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:system-boot-process
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 7, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Michael Knill
<michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Most of my sites are on 1.3.7.1 so only up to 0.5.11.
>>> 1.3.10 went to 0.6.1 which I assume is a necessary upgrade.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>>
>>> On 7/9/20, 10:24 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Am 07.09.2020 um 14:12 schrieb Michael Knill
<michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>:
>>>>
>>>> All my devices are 64 bit ☹
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Michael Knill
>>>
>>> Shame on you :-).
>>>
>>>> On 7/9/20, 9:50 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Am 07.09.2020 um 13:19 schrieb Michael Knill
<michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Group
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just realised that I have not been checking for Runnix
Bootloader upgrades when doing a firmware upgrade and I have quite a few
different versions out there.
>>>>> E.g. some of my original systems are running runnix-0.4-6956
>>>>>
>>>>> All systems seem to be running fine but just wondering what the
impact could be of running an old version?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Michael Knill
>>>>
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> the RUNNIX version depends on the device. For e.g. 32bit (non-PAE)
devices like Alix or net5501 the last RUNNIX version was runnix-0.4-8057.
>>>> You should upgrade to the latest possible version. All 64bit devices
should run 0.6.
>>>>
>>>> https://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:legacy-installer-iso
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> http://www.mksolutions.info
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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