A20_Olinuxino-Micro - Stock Debian SD rev 10 - it is safe to do apt-get upgrade

[onekk]

A little question, it is safe to do apt-get upgrade with the stock image.

I see it will upgrade many packages even if the image is recent, notably xorg and many system libraries.

TIA

Carlo D.

[Gerrit]

A little question, it is safe to do apt-get upgrade with the stock image.

It is safe and recommended to do an apt-get update followed by an update upgrade on a regular basis to keep your system secure.

[onekk]

Did you know what are the dedicated part of the debian system for the Olimex Board?

[Gerrit]

Did you know what are the dedicated part of the debian system for the Olimex Board?

Read how to build your own image to get more inside

[MBR]

Did you know what are the dedicated part of the debian system for the Olimex Board?

I'm not sure what exactly do you mean, but if it is the "files and/or parts of disk image that cannot be touched to be able to boot", they are the very begining of the disk (cca. 1MB, where the first stage part of the bootloader is stored) and the first partition (you may modify it, but the files must be present). The second partition (rootfs) may be modified as long as the filesystem is of the same type and has the same files (with correct rights and attributes) on it, so you can delete the old one, create a new one and copy files by cp or similar.

[Minou666]

No you cannot upgrade, at least not easily. I tried that, since my keyboard and mouse (CF logitech remote) do not work with the debian from Olimex I used ssh. One of the first thing that it says is that ssh on root will be disabled on Jessie and ask me if I agree. The answer was obvious, I didn't understand such a moronic change for this embedded device, how does debian expect us to get things working without ssh access? I then understood why it is still stuck with wheezy. it is sorta of bizarre though because I had no such issue on Cubitruck. I thought that the kernels was similar for both.
I have no interest in the desktop used and wanted Mate Desktop which works nicely on Cubietruck. It is not possible to install it with the debian from Olimex.

Anyhow, after a no answer I went on to do the upgrade, it gave no warning until almost done telling me that it failed the upgrade because I need to have a more recent kernel. The system was basically hozed. I could not install any program after that. I wiped it out for Arch Linux.

I read that some people have some issues with display on Arch Linux console, I have solved the issue for myself and will post on a different message.

[Gerrit]

This is just nonsense, he must have done something stupid, if you want you system to be safe do regular updates,

first to upgrade the list

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sudo apt-get update


then

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sudo apt-get upgrade


I do this regular and on different Olimex systems without any problems

[Minou666]

That is what I did. It worked flawlessly with Cubietruck.
Did you actually try to switch to Jessie on this one? It might actually be a good thing to try it before assuming nonsense about other people's problems.

By the way, I am not entirely new to Linux. I switched to Linux when IBM start talking about dumping OS/2.
I would prefer gentoo or funtoo on this one but am a bit lazy these days so I am using Arch Linux.

I have debian and ubuntu on some boards to help other people, personnally I do not like either one.



Michel

[Gerrit]

the question was

A little question, it is safe to do apt-get upgrade with the stock image.

and yes it is, period.

[Minou666]

Files update works, system upgrade doesn't