On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:40:57AM +0300, Yassen Damyanov wrote: > Couple of years experience with Gentoo but none with Debian. Need to > migrate an AMD-64 server running Gentoo Linux to Debian AMD-64. > > Services: > apache2, > postfix + filters, > ftp over TLS (vsftpd or proftpd), > IMAPS (Courier-IMAP) > SVN > > Hardware: > Motherboard MSI K8MM, VIA K8M800 chipset > CPU AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3200+ > VIA Rhine network card > > My questions: > > (1) Is the AMD64 port of Debian usable for a production server? > > (2) Does anyone have / know about positive experience with the hardware > above? > > (3) If (1) is to be answered with a definite 'yes', then what would you > recommend as steps to *remotely* convert the gentoo box into Debian amd64?
Unless you have remote access to the console (to control the boot loader and such and reset system) I wouldn't consider doing a remote upgrade. it can be done, but if you screw it up at all the system is stuck. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
