While Michael Keuter is correct, keeping up with latest RUNNIX is a good idea,
an upgrade has never been required for a new AstLinux release.
The advantage of the latest RUNNIX is the e2fsprogs and other tools are updated
in case RUNNIX is needed to rescue a disk. When RUNNIX 0.6.2 (dev only
currently) is made publicly available, its 4.19.x kernel has better NIC support
so RUNNIX ssh access is supported for more boxes.
Of note, by default the following is unchecked ...
Prefs tab -> System & Staff Tab Options:
___ Disable faster "kernel-reboot" System Reboot
this means RUNNIX is only used on first boot (or after a "reboot" from the
CLI), and the normal System Reboot is done via "kernel-reboot" which skips
RUNNIX. ("kernel-reboot" uses the currently running firmware and 'kexec' to new
firmware)
More details of the AstLinux boot process can be found here:
System Boot Process
https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:system-boot-process
Lonnie
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Michael Knill <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Most of my sites are on 1.3.7.1 so only up to 0.5.11.
> 1.3.10 went to 0.6.1 which I assume is a necessary upgrade.
>
> Regards
> Michael Knill
>
> On 7/9/20, 10:24 pm, "Michael Keuter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Am 07.09.2020 um 14:12 schrieb Michael Knill
>> <[email protected]>:
>>
>> All my devices are 64 bit ☹
>>
>> Regards
>> Michael Knill
>
> Shame on you :-).
>
>> On 7/9/20, 9:50 pm, "Michael Keuter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am 07.09.2020 um 13:19 schrieb Michael Knill
>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Hi Group
>>>
>>> I have just realised that I have not been checking for Runnix Bootloader
>>> upgrades when doing a firmware upgrade and I have quite a few different
>>> versions out there.
>>> E.g. some of my original systems are running runnix-0.4-6956
>>>
>>> All systems seem to be running fine but just wondering what the impact
>>> could be of running an old version?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> the RUNNIX version depends on the device. For e.g. 32bit (non-PAE) devices
>> like Alix or net5501 the last RUNNIX version was runnix-0.4-8057.
>> You should upgrade to the latest possible version. All 64bit devices
>> should run 0.6.
>>
>> https://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:legacy-installer-iso
>>
>> Michael
>
> Michael
>
> http://www.mksolutions.info
>
>
>
>
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