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zunzun
PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:40 am 
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After switching to the "paravirt" kernel per:
http://blog.linode.com/2009/10/30/ubunt ... mic-koala/
my Ubuntu 9.04 --> 9.10 linode upgrade went flawlessly.

James
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chesty
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:52 am 
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does lish console work for you?

A few of us had to do some tweaks to get it to work.
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zunzun
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:14 am 
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chesty wrote:
does lish console work for you?


I see the boot status messages, but get no login prompt. So no, LISH is not working. Tried both AJAX console and SSH.

James
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chesty
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:06 pm 
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in /etc/init/hvc0.conf

Code:
# hvc0 - getty for Linode console

start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 hvc0


then run
sudo service hvc0 start
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zunzun
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:55 pm 
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Worked perfectly. Thank you very kindly, sir.

James
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Should I switch to the paravirt kernel before or after the upgrade?
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zunzun
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techman224 wrote:
Should I switch to the paravirt kernel before or after the upgrade?


I switched kernels first, then ran:

do-release-upgrade

per the "Network Upgrade" instruction from:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

James
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zunzun wrote:
techman224 wrote:
Should I switch to the paravirt kernel before or after the upgrade?


I switched kernels first, then ran:

do-release-upgrade

per the "Network Upgrade" instruction from:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

James


Thanks, I switched the kernels before the upgrade, and everything works.
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ajhaji
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I, too, had problems logging onto my server using the AJAX console. I followed the steps above and it's working again! Thanks.
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melz
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Just wanted to add that I did the same and the upgrade went flawlessly.

I was holding back the upgrade originally because I was worried about problems but if you follow the steps above, all should go well!
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dkobozev
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I also just upgraded to 9.10 (from 8.10). I did not switch to Paravirt kernel before upgrade and couldn't log in via SSH after system restart. After I shut down my linode and switched to Paravirt the system went back up.

So it seems like nothing scary will happen if you forget to switch to Paravirt kernel before do-release-upgrade.
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kali25
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:28 am 
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Doing it right now, 7:30am on the west coast. Glad I waited a few days since I just don't have the patience right now to bang my head on the desk! Switched the kernel first, too. Lets see how it goes. 285 packages to update. I also backed up my /etc before, just in case I blow something away and need to refer back to the way it was.
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I can't seem to choose a paravirt kernel - the only choices I have are the old UML kernels. How do I switch to the Xen kernels?
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You need to open a ticket to be migrated to Xen
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cviniciusm
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Hello,

Yes, this time the upgrade was so easy and harmless.

Thanks to Linode !

Thanks to Ubuntu !


Cheers.
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