I have a debian woody box I set up a couple of years ago. It started out as a web/DNS/DHCP server. I have since moved the web server to a debian sarge box that was set up to get newer postfix/mysql/spamassasin/squirrelmail packages. So the only things this box does right now is act as a primary DNS server and as a DHCP server for the network.

I want to move it up to sarge to set it up as a hot backup webserver. I want to get the mysql packages the same and such so I can setup this machine to replicate the mysql database and with subversion keep an exact backup of the website in case of any trouble.

I am wondering if anyone has done an in-place upgrade from woody to sarge and ran across any "gotch-ya's". The main thing I am worried about is the kernel and difference I am going to run into getting it from 2.4 to 2.6.

Thanks for the experiences.

No real problems with an upgrade I did a few weeks ago, other than alsa behaving badly (a project for the coming winter evenings).

I compiled a 2.6.11 kernel to fit, so no issues there either. I was taken by surprise by the device change of SATA drives from hde/f to sda, however...

Good luck with the upgrade.

Cheers,

mj