On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 10:22 PM Olaf Meeuwissen
<paddy-hack@???> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 6:14 AM wirelessduck--- via Dng
> > <dng@???> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 7 Jan 2022, at 22:02, o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Greetings
> >>>
> >>> Basic question is: what happened?
> >>>
> >>> I wanted to update a beowulf system.
> >>> So did the apt update, apt upgrade, apt dist-upgrade
> >>> after changing the references in /etc/apt/sources.list
> >>> from beowulf to chimaera.
> >>>
> >>> After reboot - - - well - - - screen says devuan but
> >>> uname -r is 4.19.xx and not 5.10.xx
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas as to how I update the kernel?
> >>
> >> Do you have the linux-image-amd64 package installed? This is the
> >> meta-package that depends on the latest Linux kernel package for the
> >> currently installed release; 4.19 for beowulf and 5.10 for
> >> chimaera. Without this package there is nothing to tell APT to
> >> install the newer kernel package on dist-upgrade.
> >>
> >> https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html?cpackage&qlinux-image-amd64&xsubmit
> >
> > No - - - dunno how but all that was installed was a kernel.
>
> What probably happened is that you selected the versioned kernel in the
> devuan-installer when you first installed that beowulf system. The
> installer gives you a choice between a versioned kernel and one that
> tracks the latest version.
>
> I don't remember if that choice is available in the default install or
> only in the expert install, though.
>
I was taught by a now deceased very long time *nix user to use a
distributed partition system doing a system install. (Means I have
partitions for root, var, usr, usr-local,swap and home.) This means
that most often I have to use 'expert' install even though I'm no bloody
expert. It is very likely that when I chose expert install that it was
chosen for me to use a versioned kernel. Not recognizing that is
very much a function of me using expert tools where I understand
a very small part of what I'm actually doing.

Thanking you very much for your assistance and also the adding
to my understanding!!

Regards