tonight,i got dselect to upgrade my debian distribution,i connected to the ftp.debian.org site (via dselect),cd to /debian,it updated her package.gz file,and i choosen to install all package suggested by dselect in the install menu,but the installation has gone wrong,i tried to undo the change but this only got me in trouble (i'm a beginner only using debian since 4th january),here's what i want to know,i need to save my personnal mail,i want to wipe-out the linux partition and re-install thing up (i'm using a CD from boot magazine to install debian on my computer):
1-:my mail is stored in /var/spool/mail/$USER (i.e.my username),do i need just to copy this file (to another partition) and when i'm done,i re-copy the file to it original place (i.e. /var/spool/mail/$USER) and pine will acomodate it ?? 2-:if i wipe-out my hard disk,does PPP networking would be available on the boot,root and install disk so that instead of using the CD,i could connect directly to the net for the latest distribution ?? 3 (and last)-:the distribution on the CD is debian 1.3.0 and the one from ftp.debian.org is 1.3.1r6 (i think..i'm not sure),does it is worth the trouble to connect to the net for the latest release or i'm better of keeping the CD version ?? thanks a lot Alain [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
