On Sunday 20 May 2018 00:34:44 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Hi! > > Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2018 schrieb Robert Peters: > > On 22 April 2018 at 12:28, Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@...> wrote: > > > On 04/22/2018 10:43 AM, William Morder wrote: > > >> On Sunday 22 April 2018 10:33:13 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > >>> On 04/22/2018 03:26 AM, William Morder wrote: > > >>>> Right, I am trying to digest all this for when that day comes. But I > > >>>> think I may use that method for simply migrating to Devuan without > > >>>> reinstalling everything. There is a webpage somewhere that links > > >>>> from the > > >>>> Devuan pages. I can find it again, if anybody else out there is > > >>>> really interested. > > >>> > > >>> Here you go: > > >>> > > >>> https://git.devuan.org/dev1fanboy/Upgrade-Install-Devuan/wikis/migrat > > >>>e-to-j essie > > >>> > > >>> https://devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/migrate-to-jessie > > >>> > > >>> Cheers! > > >> > > >> Yup, that's it. I saved the page itself, but not the URL. Thanks for > > >> finding > > >> it. I have a feeling there will be others meeting us in Devuan Land > > >> someday > > >> in the near future. > > > > > > Here's some good news, jessie-backports now has spectre patched kernel. > > > 4.9.0-0.bpo.6-amd64 is patched, tested on AMD and Intel - Variant 1,2 > > > and 3 patched. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > -- > > > Jimmy Johnson > > > > > > Devuan Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 > > > Registered Linux User #380263 > > > > Hello, > > I installed Debian to an external SSD from the most recent iso image > > and started to follow the migration instructions (webpage link above). > > BUT BEWARE ... the command > > root@devuan:~# apt-get purge systemd systemd-shim > > offers to also remove most of the Devuan setup and make it unbootable > > ! (no bloody way, mate) > > So the setup still appears to have both Devuan and systemd. I wonder > > what to do in this case. > > - R I am not quite ready to make the leap to Devuan myself, as I have at last got my system configured to run pretty much exactly as I want; and it looks practically identical to my original KDE3 desktop from when I ran PCLinux and Kubuntu Hardy. Once I make a few more adjustments, and backup my system, then I will be ready to test those waters. Just curious if you partitioned the external drive as you would normally do for an internal drive. You also have to make that the root partition bootable, or create a boot partition. But you probably know that already; just saying, just in case. It was the fellow who commented above, Jimmy Johnson, who claims success in migrating from Debian to Devuan, using that method, if I recall. Other persons online have claimed to have successfully migrated Debian>Devuan using this method, but they could be bots, or dogs. JJ da man, so let's get him to talk. > Please follow these stept to move from debian jessie to devuan jessie: > > https://git.devuan.org/dev1fanboy/Upgrade-Install-Devuan/blob/master/migrat >e-to-jessie.md > > Then you might want to move to devuan ascii :-) > > Nik Why ascii? Have you also migrated from Debian to Devuan? If so then we have two claimants to the prize. Bill