I recently upgraded all my Proxmox VE servers from version 7 to 8 — which was a straight forward and easy process. But one server presented a challenge; the hypervisor running my router. How to apt dist-upgrade with the router down?

It turned out to be very easy, here is how 👇

I recently purchased a used Lenovo Thinkstation E32 computer. I always update the BIOS when I get a new machine — here is how to do it using a bootable USB stick. No Windows required.