Hi, On Wed, Nov 11, 2026 at 08:23:42PM +0100, Franco Martelli wrote: > Changing the kernel my main concern is that the device name of the NIC > will change from "eth0" to something like "enp2s0...".
Can't you just disable that on the kernel command line? > I can access the RPI only with a SSH client Does it not have USB serial or something? If so you can put a console on that and connect it to another computer and get in that way. > will I have a no more > accessible RPI after booting to Bookworm due to interfaces naming? Yes, both the config files you listed contain references to eth0 so if eth0 changes name and you haven't changed those config files (and maybe others), bad times. > Does anybody have experiences about upgrading a server from a remote host? Yes, hundreds of times, but I don't do it without another way in. > > Reading the Bookworm's release notes I've found this link: > > https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames#custom > > Is that what I have to do? You could do that (I like doing that), or you could just stick with eth0 by using the kernel command line as described at the top of that article. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
