On a somewhat related note, when I install a new system I use one of my
older slink CD's to install the base system. I then update using 'apt-get
update' - 'apt-get dist-upgrade' before installing packages manually using
'apt-get install packagename'. Note that I don't pick packages at all using
dselect I just skip past that part of the installation. Are there any
caveats to doing the above but modifying my sources.conf to point to potato
before running the update upgrade and then beginning to install packages?
I haven't used Debian (or any GNU/Linux) in over a year - it's nice to be
back using it again.
Regards, G.
-Original Message-
From: Mike Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:23 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Upgrade
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 01:13:01PM +, Brian Schramm wrote:
Can anyone tell me a succesfull upgrade process from Slink to potato? I
would like to
use some software that requires the newer libs in potato and since it
seems to be
farely stable now I would like to start using it.
Edit you /etc/apt/sources.conf so it reads something like:
# Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
# your mirror contains.
# deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib
non-free
(Note: use whatever mirror works best for you)
Then do:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
And sit back and wait. I did it that way with this box and am in the
process of doing it with another box. It might take a while, but it
does work.
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