I'd just put the new image on an SD card and boot from it before
flashing.
I can't remember the exact commands but there are some dpkg options to
produce a list of installed packages to a file and then re-install them
from that file after copying it to the new system. Still might get some
errors as sometimes package names change, but it gets you close quickly.
Just edit the file first to remove the linux-image lines from the original
system's package list. Google should quickly find examples.
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 8:38:54 AM UTC-5, Kenneth Martin wrote:
>
> Thanks Robert, upgrading to a new image is a really big deal as I have so
> many apts and pips installed; the last time I did it, I think I lost a week
> although hopefully I'm better at it now. Probably the best way will be to
> purchase a new BBB and do the upgrade on it so I still have a working board
> to continue with in case real problems occur. Re updating the kernel, I
> think if I make the changes:
>
> #if [ ! "x${test_rcnee}" = "x" ] ; then
> to
> if [ "x${test_rcnee}" = "x" ] ; then
>
> then the else clause will be triggered. Alternatively, I guess I could
> comment out your repos from /etc/apt/sources.list and just leave the
> upgrade shell file as it is? Thanks again.
> -Ken
> p.s. would you recommend removing your repos from /etc/apt/sources.list?
> On 15-09-21 05:08 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Bit Pusher <[email protected]>
> <javascript:> wrote:
>
> Thanks Robert, I did the recommended upgrade to bone 76, but after the
> upgrade and running uname -a, it still states bone 70.
>
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> linux-image-3.8.13-bone77
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Need to get 17.6 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 41.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/ wheezy/main linux-image-3.8.13-bone77
> armhf 1wheezy [17.6 MB]
> Fetched 17.6 MB in 1min 6s (263 kB/s)
> Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.8.13-bone77.
> (Reading database ... 121773 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking linux-image-3.8.13-bone77 (from
> .../linux-image-3.8.13-bone77_1wheezy_armhf.deb) ...
> Setting up linux-image-3.8.13-bone77 (1wheezy) ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.13-bone77
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Need to get 307 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 612 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/ wheezy/main
> mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77 armhf 1wheezy [307 kB]
> Fetched 307 kB in 1s (159 kB/s)
> Selecting previously unselected package mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77.
> (Reading database ... 123366 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77 (from
> .../mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77_1wheezy_armhf.deb) ...
> Setting up mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone77 (1wheezy) ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.8.13-bone77
>
> sudo reboot
>
> Broadcast message from root@BBB3 (pts/0) (Mon Sep 21 16:15:33 2015):
>
> The system is going down for reboot NOW!
>
> logout
>
> Connection to beaglew closed.
>
> ssh martin@beaglew
>
> Debian GNU/Linux 7
>
> BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-04-23
>
> Ah that's why ^^, you are running 2014-04-23 and have the my repo enabled.
>
> update_kernel assumes if the repo is enabled, simply install the
> "linux-image-*.deb" is enough to update the boot script..
>
> for "2014-04-23" you want to run these two commands in the else section:
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/update_kernel.sh#L470-L471
>
> So nuke the rest of that 'if' block, then it'll then work for you..
>
> BTW/Warning, upgrading to v3.14.x is going to cause you bigger issues
> with "2014-04-23" as the values we use for u-boot in the location of
> the dtb (at the time of 2014-04-23) and v3.14.x 'fat' dtb's cause them
> to over write the kernel location in memory. So the board will
> hardlock after u-boot jumps to the kernel..
>
> The safe bet for to look at updating to the 2015-07-28 image: (it's
> also wheezy and 3.8.x)
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2015-07-28
>
> as it's just the natural progression of rolling updates from 2014-04-23
> image..
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
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