Eileen Orbell wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been using Debian 2.2 for about a year now. Could some kind sole > tell me what is the best way to upgrade Debian? I see Debian 2.2r3 was > released today. > Also should i update my kernel to 2.4? I think I am running 2.18. I have > cable modem so bandwidth etc is no problems. And I appreciate a point in > the direction. Oh I have included my source.list incase it needs a little > tune up as well.
man apt-get then try: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade > > Kind regards > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main qt1apps optional crypto > deb http://people.debian.org/~ljlane/downloads/ enlightenment/ > deb ftp://spidermonkey.ximian.com/pub/red-carpet/binary/debian-22-i386/ ./ > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free > However you've quite a selection here, don't know if there is any helix in there, AFAIK that could give trouble. And no update garantees _not_ to brake anything. Regarding the kernel I am sure there are plenty of opinions, which information by it self should tell you something. And I do know there is a server still using 1.3 I believe. -- Cheers, Joost van der Lugt
