Re: Installing newer kernels

From	Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Installing newer kernels
Date	2016-03-20 10:20 +0100
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:40:27 +0000
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday 18 March 2016 17:55:50 Ric Moore wrote:
> > On 03/18/2016 01:22 PM, David Christensen wrote:  
> > > On 03/18/2016 01:21 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote:  
> > >> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 19:27 -0700, David Christensen wrote:  
> > >>> Debian 6 is obsolete. You're going to want to do a
> > >>> backup-wipe-install-restore cycle on both machines and move to
> > >>> Debian 7
> > >>> (or 8).  
> > >>
> > >> Why not do a dist-upgrade?  
> > >
> > > 1.  The few times I tried, I ran into problems.  When I was done,
> > > I had no little confidence in the results.  I was not alone in my
> > > experience; upgrade and post-upgrade issues are a common subject
> > > on this list.  
> >
> > I agree. The dist upgrade was problematic and I finally had to wipe
> > the root partition for a clean install. Thankfully, from my Caldera
> > days, I use /opt on a separate partition. There I have a $USER/
> > directory  where I keep all of the usual /home$USER/
> > sub-directories such as Music, Video, Downloads,
> > Documents, .mozilla , .thunderbird and the like. After re-install I
> > merely restore the links and I am cleanly back in business. My two
> > cents, Ric  
> 
> Why is /opt/$USER preferable to /home/$USER from this point of view??

Couldn't he have just as easily had /home on a separate partition?

Thread

Installing newer kernels William Lee Valentine <vsc@lobo.net> - 2016-03-17 23:30 +0100
  Re: Installing newer kernels Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 00:00 +0100
  Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-18 03:30 +0100
    Re: Installing newer kernels Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-18 09:30 +0100
      Re: Installing newer kernels <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-18 09:50 +0100
      Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-18 18:30 +0100
        Re: Installing newer kernels Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 19:00 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-03-18 19:10 +0100
            Re: Installing newer kernels Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-03-18 22:20 +0100
              Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-19 02:50 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-03-19 11:40 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels chrisb@localhost.localdomain - 2016-03-23 09:00 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-24 03:30 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-03-24 03:50 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-24 04:10 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-03-24 09:40 +0100
                Re: Installing newer kernels chrisb@localhost.localdomain - 2016-03-28 03:30 +0200
                Re: Installing newer kernels <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-24 10:00 +0100
            Re: Installing newer kernels Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-03-19 08:50 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 19:50 +0100
            Re: Installing newer kernels Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 10:20 +0100
        Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 21:10 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-19 02:40 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-19 02:40 +0100
    Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 20:50 +0100
      Re: Installing newer kernels Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 21:10 +0100
        Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 22:20 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-03-19 00:00 +0100
            Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-19 01:40 +0100
            Re: Installing newer kernels chrisb@localhost.localdomain - 2016-03-23 09:10 +0100
      Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-19 02:40 +0100
        Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-19 03:10 +0100
          Re: Installing newer kernels David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-03-19 03:30 +0100
  Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-18 21:20 +0100
    Re: Installing newer kernels Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 10:30 +0100
      Re: Installing newer kernels David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-21 03:10 +0100

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