Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Emilio Lopes
> "PM" == Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PM> how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? PM> I'm wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when PM> doing any upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all PM> screwed everything up)... Debian upgrad

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Randy Edwards wrote: >I will caution you, however, to make sure you read the various warnings > and Read.Me's before such an upgrade. For example, the 1.2-1.3 upgrade > specifically said you had to upgrade 3 or 4 packages by downloading them and > using dpkg to install th

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm > wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any > upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything > up)... Heck, it was easier than upgradin

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Randy Edwards
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? Well, I only have experience going from 1.2 to 1.3. But as a basic Linux newbie I didn't have any troubles at all. I was pleasantly shocked at how smooth it went. I did my upgrade over

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm > wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any > upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything > up)... Hmmm, that's exactly why I switche

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Paul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm : wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any : upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything : up)... Debian is really *good* stuff. Supp