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