-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 December 2003 06:46 pm, David G. Schlecht wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm seeking some opinions. Should I upgrade or just reinstall? > > I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4 > years out of date. I've upgraded a lib or two along the road but > nothing really fit right. Of course, trying to use the GUI update > tools doesn't work since the old Corel update host is no longer > serving up packages. > > I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one is > too far out of date. I've tried loading the GCC binaries as an rpm > but that failed miserably with missing /bin/sh errors and more. Of > course all the new versions of the tools (like apt-get) need the new > libs and I can't compile them. > > apt-get doesn't work because it's too old and doesn't recognize the > "Cache-Limit" config and the new packages are too big to fit.
Not sure what you mean by this. I used Corel Linux, updated to Potato.. then to Woody. You quickly lose any Corel 'enhancements' but it is Debian underneath where it counts. Change your ~/sources/list to point to a Debian mirror and use 'apt-get dist-upgrade' If you have your /home on a separate partition or disk it becomes even easier. My memory is pretty poor, a fresh install works every time :) > Sounds to me like it's time to scrap the old beast and reinstall > debian. Or -- is there an easier path that I haven't tried? > > What are your opinions? > > -- > - David - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/6RgCk7rtxKWZzGsRAg5nAKDYGF5Nmu26OLvUB9vrzvzV54nWegCgngjW +ymhG6AeDJchyo8Q1unME0I= =fDEP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
