Thanks for the reply. I think I will probably do a fresh install. It's what I usually do. I just hate having to set all my configurations on my programs again, and figure out what programs I need to reinstall again.
I have never tried Crunchbang. How would this compare with Debian? Do you like Openbox? On Friday 17 May 2013 1:27:08 am Mel Walters wrote: > Hope this will help > > Let me explain it a bit better. I have not yet tried a squeeze > to wheezy distribution upgrade. I think it will work but I > have not tried it yet. To try this out, I may install squeeze > on a virtualbox and try the upgrade there. After I try this I > can forward specific instructions on the distribution upgrade > and do my friends two machines. > > My workstation was Wheezy, but a cruchbang version of wheezy > to help stop it from breaking. Since it was already pointing > to Wheezy it did not have much to do > So besides peer1 mirror wheezy, after 7.0 came out I turned > off CRUCHBANG. Then my son corrected our local debian mirror > to use wheezy for stable and point to the new testing. You > will not have a local mirror, so I may suggest another > mirror. Again, actual details to follow. > mirror.peer1.net worked for me on a telus network. > mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca also works fairly well but peer1 has > more updates. > > /etc/apt/sources.list included: > > ## CRUNCHBANG > ## Compatible with Debian Wheezy, but use at your own risk. > ### deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf waldorf main > # deb-src http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf waldorf main > > ## DEBIAN > # deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib > non-free deb http://mirror.calgary.lan/debian/ wheezy main > contrib non-free ## (my sons local debian mirror) > > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy > contrib > > deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free > # deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free > > ## DEBIAN SECURITY > # deb http://mirror.calgary.lan/security/ wheezy/updates main > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main > # deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main > > deb http://downloads.makerbot.com/makerware/ubuntu oneiric > main # deb-src http://downloads.makerbot.com/makerware/ubuntu > oneiric main deb http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ debian extra > ## The Samsung Unified Linux Driver Repository > > === > My netbook was a fresh install from a DVD iso on a USB drive > This was because I had no data or programs to transfer > After the install I commented out the usb DVD and added the > other lines to /etc/apt/sources.list > > How I made the install stick (usb drive) > as root on my workstation > dd if=debian-7.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=2048k > sync > > Using dmesg to determine where my usb drive was (of=/dev/sdd > in MY CASE) If you get the wrong drive you will loose the > data! > the DVD was 4.4MB in size so my 8GB usb drive was big enough > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe S <[email protected]> > Reply-to: CLUG General <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] The release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy > Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:00 -0600 > Mailer: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-5-686; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) > > Did you make a fresh install or will it work with an upgrade > from Squeeze. I couldn't find info on this on Debian's site. > > If I do a fresh install is there a way to save a list of > packages that I have installed so I can have them > reinstalled, also configurations so I don't have to spend the > time to set up everything again? > > Thanks > > On Wednesday 15 May 2013 11:11:05 am Mel Walters wrote: > > This is old news (Debian 7.0 Wheezy Stable on May 4, 2013) > > > > I not even notice this till about a week ago (my upgrades > > all worked and nothing broke). > > > > Time marches on, and it is great to have all the latest and > > greatest program features as part of Debian Stable. > > > > Anyone else have different or similar experiences? > > > > Mel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
