Kendrick Myatt wrote: > > I have one box that is still Debian 1.2, can I upgrade to hamm > directly, or should I go to bo first? Unfortunately this is not a > test machine, so I can't afford to have it crashed. What's the best > route for something like this?
My personal opinion is not to upgrade, but to do a clean reinstall using Debian 2.0 install disks. Backup inportant stuff (like /home and config files of /etc) to another partition or to tape, for example, then wipe the root partition and install 'clean'. I say this because you mention you need long term stability and because I had a bizarre problem when I tried using a recent kernel (2.0.34) after having upgraded 'in-place' from 1.3.1 to 2.0. Apparently, this problem was rare, as no one else was able to help. I finally did what I suggested above, and this solved the problem. After a clean install you can copy back your stuff in /home and use your backup of the /etc files to edit the new /etc files (don't just copy your old /etc to the new one as this will create problems). A number of things changed between 1.3.1 and 2.0 especially in the /etc dir. Of course the odds are real good that you wouldn't have the kind of problem I did, and otherwise the upgrade from 1.3.1 to 2.0 was relatively painless for me. Just a FWIW suggestion. > Which brings me to another question... what do I use in dselect for > the locations of the hamm distro? Apparently what I chose was > incorrect, and all my new packages were "not found," then you can > imagine what happened to the system after it uninstalled the old > packages :( Using ftp.debian.org as the example, for the ftp method of dselect, set the ftp dir to '/debian/' and the distribution dirs to dists/hamm/main + dists/hamm/contrib + dists/hamm/non-free. > > I think I will start with just a base install of 1.3 on my box at > home... will that work with the update script on the website, or do I > need additional packages/libs/etc? > > TIA for any help as always! > > Regards, > > Kendrick > -- Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]