Just completed the upgrade Slink to Potato using CDs.
Everything went perfectly; a really excellent operation. Congratulations
and thanks to the Debian developers!
Anthony
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Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone)
Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
: thanks for the info on Potato. if i do decide to go to Potato is there
: something i should be wary of. it appears from the other distro that the
: 2.2 kernel is working fine. does Potato have any specific issues with the
: 2.2 kernel i.e is so
*- On 31 Dec, Patrick Dahiroc wrote about "RE: Kernel Upgrade: Slink to Potato"
> thanks for the info on Potato. if i do decide to go to Potato is there
> something i should be wary of. it appears from the other distro that the
> 2.2 kernel is working fine. does Potato have
under kernel 2.2?
Thanks
-Original Message-
From: Brian Servis
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: 12/30/99 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel Upgrade: Slink to Potato
*- On 30 Dec, Patrick Dahiroc wrote about "Kernel Upgrade: Slink to
Potato"
> hi
>
&
*- On 30 Dec, Patrick Dahiroc wrote about "Kernel Upgrade: Slink to Potato"
> hi
>
> i'm thinking of upgrading to Potato - from what i've read is that Potato is
> pretty safe to use - i realize that i need to upgrade my kernel to do this.
potato should run just
On 30-Dec-1999 Nathan E Norman wrote:
>
> Alternatively you could install the kernel source and create your own
> package.
>
> apt-get install kernel-package kernel-source-
> cd /usr/src
> tar xIf kernel-source-.tar.bz2
> cd kernel-source-
> make config # or make menuconfig or make x
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
: hi
:
: i'm thinking of upgrading to Potato - from what i've read is that Potato is
: pretty safe to use - i realize that i need to upgrade my kernel to do this.
: If is give the commands
: root> apt-get update
: root> apt-get dist-upg
hi
i'm thinking of upgrading to Potato - from what i've read is that Potato is
pretty safe to use - i realize that i need to upgrade my kernel to do this.
If is give the commands
root> apt-get update
root> apt-get dist-upgrade
with the sources.list pointing to unstable. will this
On 27-Dec-1999 Mark Brown wrote:
> No, no reinstall should be required - for me, one of the great things
> about Debian is that it supports in-place upgrades on running systems
> (you don't have to boot an installer or anything). Just pointing apt or
> dselect at a source of potato packages and u
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 11:00:52PM -, Pollywog wrote:
> I am running potato on my other machine, but I want to upgrade my laptop from
> Slink to Potato. If I understand correctly, you had to install a whole new
> Potato system from scratch. That is exactly what I want to avoid; I want to
> u
On 27-Dec-1999 Mark Brown wrote:
>
> PCMCIA support depends upon some kernel modules which are provided in a
> seperate package to the kernel. When you install a new kernel you also
> need to install a version of these modules that matches your new kernel.
>
I did that, but still lost pcmcia.
On 27-Dec-1999 Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
>
> BTW, I didn't know about the debian-laptop list until today. That might be
> the best place to discuss this.
I did not know until now :)
thanks
--
Andrew
On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 07:18:09PM -, Pollywog wrote:
> I broke my pcmcia stuff and I am unable to fix it. I think it has to do with
> trying to install a kernel the Debian way. I will trying reinstalling a small
> slink system and then upgrade via ppp. If that does not work, I will have to
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 27-Dec-1999 Nathan O. Siemers wrote:
> >
> > One apparrent success: apt-get dist-upgrade slink -> potato on an old
> > ast laptop. The kernel is actually 2.0.29 and hasn't been changed for
> > a long time! (I still have it so I don't break my pcmcia e
On 27-Dec-1999 Nathan O. Siemers wrote:
>
> One apparrent success: apt-get dist-upgrade slink -> potato on an old
> ast laptop. The kernel is actually 2.0.29 and hasn't been changed for
> a long time! (I still have it so I don't break my pcmcia ethernet,
> mostly due to laziness).
I broke my pc
One apparrent success: apt-get dist-upgrade slink -> potato on an old
ast laptop. The kernel is actually 2.0.29 and hasn't been changed for
a long time! (I still have it so I don't break my pcmcia ethernet,
mostly due to laziness).
Only problem I have seen is that the new system tried to load ev
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am running potato on my other machine, but I want to upgrade my
> laptop from
> Slink to Potato. If I understand correctly, you had to install a
> whole new
> Potato system from scratch. That is exactly what I want to avoid; I
> want to
> upgrade the sys
On 26-Dec-1999 Tobias Zimpel wrote:
>
> Well, I broke my system completely a few weeks ago with a simple
> (segfaulting)
> 'apt-get dist-upgrade' while I was running potato for months without serious
> problems. There was no chance to repair it; I couldn't even boot, and I
> didn't manage to repa
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 07:42:37PM -, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 26-Dec-1999 kometboy wrote:
[Updating to potato]
> Thanks for your thoughts on the subject. I could be wrong, but it seems I saw
> more than a few posts from people who had upgraded and had some not-so-minor
> problems. Unless so
On 26-Dec-1999 kometboy wrote:
> I am a reformed Red Hat user. I've upgraded to potato on both my
> machines, and have had no significant problems, other than the
> occasional updated package that is broken. These are usually fixed in
> a day or two, and info about them is always available on this
Pollywog wrote:
>
> I recall seeing many posts about systems being rendered unusable or broken
> after upgrade from Slink to Potato. Is this still a problem? I do not want
> to try it if I will just break my system.
I am a reformed Red Hat user. I've upgraded to potato on both my
machines, and
I recall seeing many posts about systems being rendered unusable or broken
after upgrade from Slink to Potato. Is this still a problem? I do not want
to try it if I will just break my system.
thanks
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Andrew
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