On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:54:57 +1100 Yasir Assam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian unstable main contrib non-free Assuming that's an official mirror. Easy to check. > Is it safe just to issue the following command? > > $ apt-get upgrade You probably want dist-upgrade rather than upgrade. As changing from stable to unstable is bound to require adding/removing packages. upgrade installed newer versions of installed packages as long as they don't require new packages installed. dist-upgrade installs the new packages too. > Previously, I compiled my own kernel (using the Debian kernal package > tools) and I also installed an ATI display driver separately. I also > made some changes to various configuration files. Will all that remain > intact if I upgrade? I don't think any configuration done by you should be lost. HTH -ol -- I will live forever, or die trying.
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