On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 5:16 PM Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: UTF-8, 56 lines --] > > > > Regards, > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 4:03 AM Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a BBB running Debian 9 (Stretch) but still with a very old > > > kernel - 3.8.13. > > > > > > What's the easiest/safest way to update the kernel to something more > > > up to date? Ideally I'd like to be able to do this remotely, I have > > > ssh access to the BBB. If as a result it all falls in a crumpled > > > heap it's not really a disaster, I do visit it every few weeks. > > > > > > If there's no way to do it remotely then instructions for doing it > > > when I'm on site would be useful too. > > > > > > I've very little that's kernel dependent running on it, mostly some > > > Python programs using Adafruit libraries. Anyway if I can get it back > > > up running with a new kernel I can set about sorting out any problems > > > due to the kernel change. > > > > > > > Back in Port? > > > > If it works for you, why upgrade? > > > Why keep *any* software up to date - to get bug fixes, security > updates, enable new facilities, etc. etc.
Except over the last year we've tried this twice for you, both times it failed.. Do you have a 2nd board now? If not, don't upgrade.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYgg7Ni8kiduo6jSddAKE9VAiuA%3DUy3%2BZhyyuSF7LCGp9A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
