[arm-allstar] Important Update now available

[James Hause]

Same here went very well !!
Thanks again for all the support and work !!

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:58 AM, "Stanley Stanukinos via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Took less than 10 min including the reboot.
>
> Stan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 24, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > ​This update is now out there. Please use the ADMIN menu item 1 to update
> > and remember to be patient ​as the update takes a little longer. Please
> > wait for it to finish! After updating please reboot your system - Item 15
> > on the menu - as soon as possible.
> >
> > ​Repeat of prior message -​
> >
> > We are about to merge the 2/3B and 3B+ repositories. Currently the code
> for
> > the 2/3B/3B+ is only available as a download from the hamvoip.org
> website.
> > The update will involve a kernel update from  4.4.44-1-ARCH to 4.14.31.
> The
> > 4.4.44-1 Kernel although still very much usable is now over a year old
> and
> > due for an update.
> >
> > This will be a worthwhile update for all users. It will also make it
> > possible, once you do the update, to use your current SD card on a Pi 3B+
> > if you desire. The update will take a little longer than you are probably
> > use to so please be patient when doing it. Never stop an update
> midstream.
> > It also will require a reboot of the server which will be noted in the
> > update. It is always recommended that users do backups if they have made
> a
> > lot of changes in their configuration. The file-backup.sh and
> > file-restore.sh scripts are ideal for doing this. In most all cases it is
> > not necessary to back up your entire SD card. These scripts allow you to
> > save the pertinent information to a USB stick installed on the Pi. You
> can
> > even use the same USB stick for all of your Pi's since the host name is
> > part of the file name.
> >
> > Also be aware that our updates are "rolling updates" meaning that you
> will
> > get this update when you update any time in the future even if you do not
> > do it as it is released.
> >
> > The 3B+ kernel update has been thoroughly tested and is working very
> well.
> > The Pi 3B+ hardware has several advantages over the 3B including a faster
> > processor speed (1.4Ghz vs. 1.2Ghz), better power management, and a
> 2.4Ghz
> > and 5Ghz WIFI that appears to work better than the 3B.
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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