On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:59:49AM +0200, Jo Voordeckers wrote: > Op dinsdag 27 mei 2003 00:33, schreef tt tt: > > I have been using debian Woody for quite some time. Quite a few of the > > packages I need such as makejail and snort do not come yet in the stable > > version so I have decided to use the Sarge Testing version instead. I have > > downloaded all 9 unofficial cd's. When trying to install from the first cd > > Why not doing an online "apt-get dist-upgrade" (with your apt-sources set to > sarge), if you have the bandwidth to download the 7 ISO's why not > dist-upgrade then, they assure you the most up to date packages. Does the > trick all the time (for me)...
If he already has the CDs, they could be used for the upgrade, requiring no bandwidth. apt-cdrom followed by 'apt-get dist-upgrade' should handle it. An online 'apt-get upgrade' could follow to add any changes since the .iso files were created.
