On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 01:57, Jason Louie wrote: > Actually I missed a line that said upgrading without the new distro > version inserted into the CD tray. For example portage (emerge), > apt-get... But looking for the ability to upgrade the whole system.
Yes, you can definatally do that using apt. Your probably safest on a Debian system, but as I said, I used apt to upgrade from RedHat 9.0 to Fedora Core 1. I probably could have done it with YUM as well, except YUM sucks ass. Another option if to pop a floppy into the machine, or boot it over the network, and do a network install to upgrade it. Most installers let you do this. Here's some reading material for you: Upgrading Debian to a new release: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-dist-upgrade Upgrading SuSE with apt over ssh: http://www.levardy.org/linux/suse-upgrade-via-ssh-by-apt4rpm.html Upgrading SuSE 8.0 to 8.1 with apt: http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/upgrade-80to81 Upgrading SuSE 8.1 to 8.2 with apt: http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/upgrade-81to82.html Upgrading SuSE 8.2 to 9.0 with apt: http://www.geocities.com/tanjakostic/linux/upgrade-82to90.html Good luck, Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
