[debian-non-standard] Upgrading Asus WL500g premium from Lenny to Squeeze

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2011 schrieb Tomasz Chmielewski:
> On 25.08.2011 18:36, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have Debian Lenny with kernel 2.6.30 from you, Tomasz (wpkg.org).
> > What would be recommended update procedure? First building a new
> > kernel or first aptitude/apt-get dist-upgrading the system?
> > 
> > I wonder about udev/kernel incompatibilities. But then Squeeze has
> > 2.6.32, which doesn´t seem to far away from 2.6.30.
> 
> Have you tried just replacing lenny with squeeze in
> /etc/apt/sources.list, and running apt-get dist-upgrade?

Not yet, wanted to ask here first.
 
> It should work fine I think (and yes, 2.6.30 kernel is not too
> distant).

Okay, then I think I will just try it, after making sure that I have a 
recent backup of that USB stick.

> Probably building a new kernel from OpenWRT upstream would be a good
> exercise, too, if anyone has too much time :)

I still have a day holidays and then a weekend, but then the weather is so 
fine. Lets see. ;)

Ciao,
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