If it isn't much too small for the packages uninstall several of the packages you currently have (preferably largish ones) using apt-get remove, delete all that is currently in /var/cache/apt/archives apt-get upgrade then delete /var/cache/apt/archives again and now apt-get install the packages from the new distribution you deleted earlier. Jeff (well it worked for me on a laptop)
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 21-Aug-2000 Jeffrey Austen wrote: > > How do I upgrade from Slink to Potato on a networked system with a small > > hard disk? I am using apt-get to upgrade and there is not enough room in > > /var/cache/apt/archives to download all the upgrade files at once. Is there > > a way to upgrade in multiple steps so that I don't have to download all of > > the packages at once? Apt-get tells me that there are 130 packages to be > > upgraded plus 43 new. > > options: > > nfs mount a bigger drive (-: > > if /home or some other partition is big enough, point /var/cache/apt there > > use a public nfs mirror (yes, they do exist) > > submit a bug that apt handle this case better (or if there is a bug, send more > info) > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
