*- On 29 Dec, William Burrow wrote about "Re: slink --> potatoe?" > On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 11:40:16AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: >> *- On 29 Dec, Robert L. Harris wrote about "slink --> potatoe?" >> > >> > Ok, >> > I have a box on a 33.6K modem I want to up grade to potatoe, either >> > before >> > or after it goes final. Is therre an apt-get command I can run before I >> > go to bed that will do it cleanly for me? >> > >> >> Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to potato (no e unless you are Dan >> Quayle, =) ). >> >> apt-get update >> apt-get -d dist-upgrade (notice the -d option) > ... >> The -d option tells apt-get to only download and not install the >> packages. With a modem it is possible that you will loose the >> connection and some files not get completely downloaded. Once all the > > The -d option does not seem to be required. apt-get will automatically > detect that it has not downloaded all the packages and asks you if you > want to continue downloading when you restart it. With my 28k8 modem, > it took nearly 24 hours to download 195MB of updates. This depends on > how chock-a-block you made your system. I have most of the development > stuff installed, because that is an interest area for me. >
But if by some miracle it makes it through in one shot it won't start the actually upgrade while you are away from the computer. I always prefer to sit and watch what is happening as the upgrade is taking place. >> apt-get dist-upgrade (without the -d option) > > You have to sit by during this process and hand-hold apt-get through the > process because it stops to ask you questions. This is somewhat > annoying. Also, there are two or three changes to config files you must > make manually, depending on the packages you have installed (modules, > svgatext and one other I've forgotten to update, obviously). > Yes, this is an issue. Actually it is dpkg that is asking the questions, apt-get is just ording things and telling dpkg what to install. The new debconf package in potato is aiming at making this less of a hassle. I would recommend installing it. Although it won't help for the first round of the upgrade. Other things to look out for are the split up of several packages like netstd. Although I think they have been mostly fixed in terms of upgrading and not leaving you without services, but I may be wrong. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
