On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:04:56 -0500 (EST), nduc...@bellsouth.net wrote: > > I just did a upgrade to wheezy on intel and it didn't go all that well. > I need to upgrade from squeeze to wheezy on an IBM z9 and was hoping > someone had a detailed step by step process to do this. > The more searches I do the more confusing it gets. > > Any detailed help is appreciated. > Regards, > Nelson
First of all, you didn't give any information as to exactly how you attempted to perform this upgrade. I trust you didn't just edit /etc/apt/sources.list and then simply do an "aptitude update" / "aptitude full-upgrade". The procedure is more involved than that. The Debian release notes give a proper, detailed procedure for performing an upgrade. However, having said that, the release notes are usually out-of-date, being essentially a copy of the release notes for the previous upgrade, until the new release becomes stable. In other words, once Wheezy becomes the stable release, the release notes for how to migrate from Squeeze to Wheezy will be updated with current information. Using the Squeeze to Wheezy upgrade release notes while Wheezy is in testing status is a precarious thing because the release notes often haven't been updated yet. In general, such migrations are not really recommended. Wheezy has been in freeze status for some time; so it should become the stable release "soon". I'd wait until Wheezy becomes the stable release first if I were you, then carefully follow the release notes. Also, keep in mind that Squeeze will be the hybrid environment (a 64-bit kernel and a 31-bit user space). If you want a full s390x distribution of Wheezy (64-bit kernel space and 64-bit user space), you will probably want to do a fresh install of s390x anyway. It is theoretically possible to migrate from the hybrid environment to a full s390x environment, but you really have to know what you're doing, and it's unsupported. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/796399517.1087215.1352866863587.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com