On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 09:20:18 -0300 "Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI" <ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
> Since I updated my Debian Wheezy to Devuan Jessie I am unable to > access USB drives to store data. My experience is that upgrading between major versions is a probable fail, so why in the world would anyone upgrade between distros? [snip descriptions of typical ghosts of operating systems past] > Is there a way to move from Devuan Jessie to Debian Jessie without > catching the systemd pox ? > Cheers, Yeah. Back up, lay down fresh Devuan Jessie, and restore your data. And do it again when you move from Devuan Jessie to Devuan Ascii. And Beowulf. And Ceres. A known state is wonderful. That's why GIT defines the state after every commit. By the time you replace your worn out Debian Wheezy, you have no idea what kind of state your system is in. And Devuan can't be expected to sort all that out for you. Not really. Yes, I know, I know, a dozen people will stand up right now and shout that their major upgrades always work and they haven't had to backup, format, install fresh and restore data since Debian 3.0, and the only reason they had to do that was because. OK fine, for sure for sure, they got lucky. And they have little understanding of what bizarre config file contraptions are wiring together their modern software with deprecated wierdness. Anyone this allergic to a fresh install should be using a rolling release. And perhaps the most important, they annually missed opportunities to do spring cleaning and get that box in a state they can understand. Respect your time and mental energy: Back up, format, install fresh, then VERY SELECTIVELY restore data, and I mean data, not config. To redo config, go in the new file and type in values, looking at the old file for guidance if needed. You'll have a solid Devuan. SteveT Steve Litt October 2017 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng