Csanyi Pal <csanyi...@gmail.com>: > Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > > >> Yup, I did a reinstall of Etch. I just did a minimal install this time > >> (unchecked all the options in tasksel). I was able to get througt the > >> base install and right up to the installation of GRUB and the reboot and > >> could log in. In other words, no surprises. Etch is installable. > > > >> I've not got through the base install the Lenny CDs, however. > > > > How about doing an upgrade instead? > > You could even try to do it incrementally. > > I had a problem to upgrade on an old Pentium with K6 uProcessor from > Etch to Lenny. > > When I edited the sources.list so that I can to update aptitude from a > Debian Lenny mirror then I get error message: Illegal instruction and > can't to use aptitude anymore.
Just a guess: have you read the release notes. Etch --> Lenny requires upgrading/reinstalling certain (critical packaging system) packages first. wiki.debian.org can probably explain it. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.xs4all.nl/~js/gnksa/ Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
