Upgrading Beagleboard Blacks from Debian 9.5 => Debian 10.x?

[Robert Heller]

Is it possible to upgrade Beagleboard Blacks from Debian 9.5 => Debian 10.x
using apt? Eg editing /etc/apt/sources replacing stretch with buster and
running apt update / apt full-upgrade? Are there any gotchas I need to watch
out for? I have 32G microSD cards with some local software and various local
configs and would rather not just download an image and redo all of that
unless I really have to.

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[Robert Nelson]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 7:34 AM Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> Is it possible to upgrade Beagleboard Blacks from Debian 9.5 => Debian 10.x
> using apt? Eg editing /etc/apt/sources replacing stretch with buster and
> running apt update / apt full-upgrade? Are there any gotchas I need to watch
> out for? I have 32G microSD cards with some local software and various local
> configs and would rather not just download an image and redo all of that
> unless I really have to.

editing stretch -> buster should be fine..

just upgrade apt/dpkg first, rerun update, then do the upgrade, then
dist-upgrade...

Regards,

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[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:16:29 -0600 Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Thanks.

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> Regards,

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:16:29 -0600 Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com> wrote:

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OK, I did this on my two BeagleBone Blacks. Everything updated, except they
are still using thier older (4.x) kernels. I take it I need to do some
additional things to update the kernel? I have a RPi 4 with an recent
Raspbian image (Debian 10 [buster] based) running a 5.x series kernal, so I
expected a newer kernel. So I'd like to update the kernel (unless there is
some reason I shouldn't).

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> Regards,

[Robert Nelson]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 2:44 PM Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:

At Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:16:29 -0600 Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 7:34 AM Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> > Is it possible to upgrade Beagleboard Blacks from Debian 9.5 => Debian 10.x
> > using apt?  Eg editing /etc/apt/sources replacing stretch with buster and
> > running apt update / apt full-upgrade?  Are there any gotchas I need to watch
> > out for?  I have 32G microSD cards with some local software and various local
> > configs and would rather not just download an image and redo all of that
> > unless I really have to.
>
> editing stretch -> buster should be fine..
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> just upgrade apt/dpkg first, rerun update, then do the upgrade, then
> dist-upgrade...

OK, I did this on my two BeagleBone Blacks.  Everything updated, except they
are still using thier older (4.x) kernels.  I take it I need to do some
additional things to update the kernel?  I have a RPi 4 with an recent
Raspbian image (Debian 10 [buster] based) running a 5.x series kernal, so I
expected a newer kernel.  So I'd like to update the kernel (unless there is
some reason I shouldn't).

Install whatever branch you want. We don't force one global option..

https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Mainline_.285.4.x_lts.29

Regards,