Multiple debian editions on debian stretch server

[Fco Z.]

Thanks for answering. I'll test with jessie nfsroot on debian stretch

I've been using fai since 2012 for over 100 hosts! . And it works great . I
will answer the questionnaire soon

Regards !

2017-08-16 17:20 GMT-03:00 Thomas Lange <lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de>:

> >>>>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:07:02 -0300, "Fco Z." <f.zamorap5 at gmail.com>
> said:
>
>     > I am in the process of upgrading old servers (hardware). Currently
> the server
>     > is with debian jessie and the hosts also with debian jessie.
>
>     > If I install debian stretch as a server, can I still install debian
> jessie on
>     > the hosts? Or I keep on debian jessie for server.All this thinking
> to future
>     > upgrade for hosts to debian stretch.
> You can upgrade the server to stretch, but you should make a backup
> of the nfsroot used for jessie installations. You can then have two
> nfsroots, one for the stretch one for the jessie installation.
> A jessie installation may also run from an stretch nfsroot, but it may
> cause some problems. So using the old nfsroot for your jessie
> installations is the best way to do it. And then build a new stretch
> nfsroot using the new FAI version for your stretch installations.
>
>
> P.S.: I'm always very interested in user experiences with FAI. Can you
> please fill out the FAI questionnaire
> http://fai-project.org/questionnaire
> and send it back to me when you finished a project with FAI.
> --
> regards Thomas
>
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