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 +0000, 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. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E | Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
