On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Michael Kerwin wrote: > I am trying to upgrade a computer from sarge to etch and I am reading the > release notes about it and it says to use aptitude to update and etc. > > My question is what should I change my sources.list in /etc/apt to? Because > it says in the release notes to make sure it points to sarge when doing the > update. Since etch is now the stable I have tried changing the sources list > to oldstable and even tried sarge and it couldn't connect with the changes. > I saw and email or something the sarge was changing to oldstable. > > I only have 3 line in my sources list. > > Deb ftp://ftp.usdebian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib. non-free > Deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib. non-free > Deb http://security.debian.org/ oldstable/updates main contrib. non-free
Basically, the release notes want to make sure that you have a clean install of Sarge before you attempt the upgrade. Since during the upgrade you won't be compiling from source, you can comment out the Deb-src line. The sources list should point to a named release. The following should do it, and I removed the '.' after 'contrib': Deb ftp://ftp.usdebian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free Deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free Remember to do everything from aptitude. If you want to keep a script copy, do it from the command line. If not, do it interactivly. Actually, until you're ready to do the upgrade itself, I would use aptitude interactivly (curses interface) so I can see exactly what it wants to do. Follow along the release notes step by step, omitting nothing. Word to the wise as noted in section 4.1.3 and 4.1.4; be prepared for the system not to boot. Be able to boot by an alternate means: installer CD rescue mode, grub-disk; from other than a remote login. When, and only when, the release notes tell you to change the sources list to etch, you would change 'sarge' to etch. Good luck. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
