On 15 June 2020 17:49:39 CEST, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > >><Snipped lengthy output> >> >> With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would >suggest to >> Start from scratch and copy the config across. > >That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to get to a >working, current system. > >> If you do insist on trying to work through this, > >Which is something many of us have done once just to see if we could.
How do you think I learned that sequence as being the best option? >It's not something one tends to do a second time. :) I actually did, as I was not able to boot from rescue media anytime soon. It was a risk to do it by remote and if there had been a power failure in the middle of it, it could have ended in disaster. But I managed it. That was the 2nd and last time I ever did that. Ever since I schedule in maintenance weekends for the few systems that are critical. (This is at home) -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.