[NBLUG/talk] Lazy as can be

gandalf at sonic.net gandalf at sonic.net
Fri Feb 1 15:29:01 PST 2013


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 On Fri 01/02/13  2:55 PM , E Frank Ball III frankb at frankb.us sent:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 02:18:51PM -0800, gandalf at son
> ic.net wrote:> Ok, I'm really lazy. I generally don't upgrade servers unless I
> really, really have to. I've got this server and finding anything for it is
> a big pain and some of the stuff on it doesn't even work right. > 
> > It's running debian 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 which is not even a standard
> lineage install. What it has been doing very, very well for many years is
> file serving for a windows network, some private web serving, and doing
> backup services for multiple machines abroad and local. > 
> > How much of a pain is this to upgrade or should I just go build
> something and replace it. I think it's running one of the old AMD 3400
> CPUs. 
> 
> I've upgraded Debian countless times.  My current home server/router
> wasfirst built in 2003 running Debian 3 "Woody".  Upgrading takes
> sometime, but it usually goes pretty smoothly if you aren't using a lot of
> hand installed/compilied stuff.
> 
> What's the output of 'cat /etc/debian_version' ?  Current is 6.0.6.
> 
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> Frank Ball  frankb at frank
> b.us
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