Re: Upgrading from 10.0 to 10.1

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 12:45:52PM +0200, Ramiro Aceves wrote:
> I have also used built-in sysinst program to upgrade amd64 from 10--->
> 10-stable --->10.1 and worked fine (not using installation media, just
> pointing to the URL of the newer system when running built-in sysinst
> executable file). I understand that this way we upgrade both kernel and
> userland at the same time. I read that is not recommended and kernel must be
> upgraded before the base system, reboot and then upgrade the base system.
> Have I been lucky as I have always done "minor version" upgrades?

This is guaranteed to work w/o rebooting to the new kernel as long as you
stay on the same branch, i.e. 10.x -> 10.y should always work.

Going to 11.x will need a reboot (or booting from an installation medium
and using the installer included there).

Martin