On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 22:20 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:27:30 -0400, Damon wrote in message > <1248190050.3741.40.ca...@dam-main>: > > > On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 10:03 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 2009-07-21 08:46, Soren Orel wrote: > > > > But where can I download SID?? I just can't find an e.g.: > > > > "download amd64cd for sid"...:( > > > > > > This is Debian, not Ubuntu! Upgrading-in-place is Easy. > > > > > > Presuming you have a good internet connection, this *should* be all > > > you need to do: > > > > > > 1. Edit sources.list, replacing all lenny or stable references with > > > testing. > > ..you meant "sid" or "unstable", "testing" buys you Squeeze > and whatever follows it, and you volonteer as a test user, > for Debian. ;o)
Right you are! > > > > 2. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade > > > > > > 3. Reboot. to activate new kernel. > > > > > > 4. Edit sources.list, replacing testing with unstable. > > > > > > 5. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade > > > > > > 6. Reboot, to activate new kernel. > > ..steps 4, 5 and 6 are necessary why? Me, I've > always been successful going straight to Sid. > > > > Certainly, though, I'm forgetting something. > > > > You are: comment out any reference to volatile and security updates. > > > > > > -- > > > Scooty Puff, Sr > > > The Doom-Bringer > > > > > > > > -- Damon Chesser <da...@damtek.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
