My system is pretty richly endowed with installed software, but is in need
of some rejuvenation---a reinstall from scratch. Two or three possibilities
have occurred to me.
1. Install a new debian right over the old one, letting the chips
fall where they may.
2. Moving / into /root-old then installing
3. Installing to a partition in the upper end of a 4.2 GB drive, where
I have a GB to spare, then reorganizing.
The system was originally a pre-hamm system, I think, that has been upgraded
quite frequently. Now, I have not had time to keep up, and a couple of
apt-get upgrades seem to have left some things in inconsistent states.
Ever since I built this machine, and even before, on a notebook, I have been
unable (with one bizaare exception) to compile a 2.1 kernel and get a
working ppp. 2.0 kernels compile perfectly. I wonder if a total upgrade
will solve this.
I would appreciate any suggestions on upgrading. I don't want to lose
software I've compiled myself, but I want to install debian from scratch.
What's the best tradeoff?
Alan Davis
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Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department)
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