Re: Downgrading from current

2007-07-30 Thread Rakhesh Sasidharan
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Ross Penner wrote: I have a lot of data on my /usr partition that I would rather not have to backup and then readd to the system. is there a way I can reinstall and leave parts of the file system intact? I assume that I can use the same partitions but I'm worried that

Re: Downgrading from current

2007-07-30 Thread John Nielsen
On Sunday 29 July 2007 09:42:01 pm Ross Penner wrote: I recently upgraded my system from stable to current to try and take advantage of some of wireless features offered. Unfortunetly, things didn't work out as well as I'd like to and I want to downgrade. Reading online, it seems that

Re: Downgrading from current

2007-07-30 Thread Bill Vermillion
At Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 19:42 , our malformed and occasionally flatulent friend Ross Penner spewed forth this fount of brain juice: I recently upgraded my system from stable to current to try and take advantage of some of wireless features offered. Unfortunetly, things didn't work out as well

Re: Downgrading from current

2007-07-29 Thread Hakan K
How about creating a new partition and using new partition for installation.? I do not think you will be able to keep the files, if u install on same partition... Thanks Troy http://dominor.net On 7/29/07, Ross Penner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently upgraded my system from stable to

Re: Downgrading from current to release or stable?

2003-11-21 Thread Peter Risdon
Mike Loiterman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it possible or advisable to downgrade to stable or release from current? I'm running 5.1-current now, but I'm think I should probably switch to stable if possible. I just moved from 5.1-current to 5.1 release, and fixed a

Re: Downgrading from current to release or stable?

2003-11-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 04:50:09AM -0600, Mike Loiterman wrote: Is it possible or advisable to downgrade to stable or release from current? I'm running 5.1-current now, but I'm think I should probably switch to stable if possible. Down... -- er -- regrading to STABLE is certainly possible,

Re: Downgrading from current to release or stable?

2003-11-21 Thread C. Ulrich
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 07:14, Peter Risdon wrote: I just moved from 5.1-current to 5.1 release, and fixed a lot of problems on a horribly unstable box by doing so. I believe downgrading to stable is very awkward, but others will be better qualified to discuss that than I am. On a related