On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 12:26:38 -0400 Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> > That is quite an involved task. I didn't expect such fiddling for a > > simple OS update. I'm a bit worried that the permissions and owners > > go haywire when I copy stuff directly off the server onto a VM and > > back onto the server. Is there a recommended procedure or > > documentation available? > > Can you start a temporary VM directly on the server? I might actually. I'll have to check the following days. > If so, you can > * stop your remote Debian machine > * run a Debian rescue image in the VM on the NFS server > * have the VM mount the filesystem directly > * chroot, run usrmerge > * unmount Ok, that's also quite a task, but it seems less error-prone than copying a bunch of system files across the network and hope for the best. I'll try. Marco