Subj : Re: Raspbery Pi OS Lite stuck
To   : Mike Powell
From : mm0fmf
Date : Tue Jun 18 2024 16:34:33

On 17/06/2024 20:29, Mike Powell wrote:
>> Except... I've noticed that the kernel is stuck on 6.1.x from 2023 and
>> whilst there are updates for the components when I run the regular "sudo
>> apt update / sudo apt upgrade" the kernel doesn't get touched. Looking
>> on the PiOS website it's says Pi OS lite 32bit is on kernel 6.6.
>
>> So my question is whether there is some way with apt update/upgrade to
>> get the kernel updated? Or I am facing (what I expect to the case) that
>> I need to do a clean install of the latest image and re-apply my SDcard
>> wear reducing mods?
>
>> Ideas?
>
> The raspberry pi website suggests that you use "full-upgrade" each time
> instead of "upgrade."  My kernel would sometimes be listed as "held back"
> if I only used "upgrade."  "full-upgrade" seems to cause it to be updated
> when one is available.
>
>
>   * SLMR 2.1a * */  <==-- Tribble with a lightsaber
>

Thanks for the suggestions.  Spending a while looking about the system
showed there was no linux-image-xxxx package installed.  I don't know
how that actually happened but it would explain why the kernel was not
being updated. The kernel would be the files from bullseye I'm assuming.
I had a few half-hearted attempts to try to install the
linux-image-6.1.xx package that the currently installed kernel came from
but I got errors each time I tried.

So... I took the MS way out and blitzed it with the latest image and
installed on a new card. A bit of headless setup fun and then checking
in an A+ with a serial console and a Wifi dongle meant I could confirm
everything was working. SDcard into the Pi Zero, booted up and auto
connected to the Wifi. Followed by apt update/upgrade, copy some files
from the old card, install fail2ban, make the wear reducing changes and
we're back in business.

I've kept the old card so I may try seeing I can can fix the borked
install and get it to update. I feel I'd understand things better that
way. I don't know if this was the result of doing an in-place update
from bullseye to bookworm.

Thanks for the comments.

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