On Thu 02 Nov 2023 at 12:09:55 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 04:56:59PM +0100, Martin wrote: > > I have installed old distribution > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.1.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 > > 20170722-11:29]/ stretch contrib main non-free > > (because that was newest distribution I had on DVD with me) > > > > I configured network and now I am trying to update the system to sid. > > You *cannot* upgrade a Debian 9 system directly to current unstable. > > The current Debian release is Debian 12. > > In order to upgrade this system to unstable, you would first have to > upgrade it to Debian 10, then to Debian 11, then to Debian 12, and > then finally to unstable. > > I would not do that, however. Instead, I would reinstall the system > using the Debian 12 installer, and then go from *there* to unstable, > if for some reason you really truly need to run unstable. > > If you don't actually need to run unstable, just leave it on Debian 12.
I suspect this may be an X-Y problem. The OP appears to already have a working sid, but it's on a disk that may be failing. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/11/msg00013.html The idea of upgrading an installation is probably unattractive, as they appear to only have access to a weak, remote wifi signal, and they supply their phone's internet connection from the same source indirectly (by feeding a router from their computer), so tethering is out. ( https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/10/msg00730.html has not been contradicted.) So I have to ask why they don't just copy their existing sid to the new hard drive, make it bootable, and run that instead. Cheers, David.
