Re: Install older versions of Debian with WSL

2021-12-07 Thread john doe
On 12/7/2021 5:15 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Max Nadig wrote: Hi, I was trying to install Debian 10 via WSL on windows. The problem is, I automatically get v11 Bullseye. Is there some way to specify the version or load a custom Debian version with W

Re: Install older versions of Debian with WSL

2021-12-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Max Nadig wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to install Debian 10 via WSL on windows. The problem is, I > automatically get v11 Bullseye. > Is there some way to specify the version or load a custom Debian version with > WSL? > > I already posted this questio

Install older versions of Debian with WSL

2021-12-07 Thread Max Nadig
Hi, I was trying to install Debian 10 via WSL on windows. The problem is, I automatically get v11 Bullseye. Is there some way to specify the version or load a custom Debian version with WSL? I already posted this question into the WSL Git repo. So far I couldn't find a solution for this. https

Re: Previous versions of Debian GNU/Linux

2019-12-10 Thread Berkhan Berkdemir
Lombardo wrote: > I would like to download and test the previous versions of Debian for > historical reason, is it possible to safely download such versions > somewhere ? >

Re: Previous versions of Debian GNU/Linux

2019-12-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 07:55:41PM +, Davide Lombardo wrote: > I would like to download and test the previous versions of Debian for > historical reason, is it possible to safely download such versions somewhere ? https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/

Previous versions of Debian GNU/Linux

2019-12-10 Thread Davide Lombardo
I would like to download and test the previous versions of Debian for historical reason, is it possible to safely download such versions somewhere ?

Re: Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 7/13/2010 8:50 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Debian releases all architectures at once, which means a given > release/Debian version will be (mostly) the same in 32 bit or 64 bit. Handle with care. The 'hppa' architecture, for example, will have far fewer packages than 'x86' and 'amd64'. Keep in

Re: Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 13 iul 10, 10:16:25, John Culleton wrote: > I see references to various versions of Debian, including Lenny > etc. For a 32 bit system, what is the latest stable and the > latest unstable version? Debian releases all architectures at once, which means a given release/Debia

Re: Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
John Culleton wrote: > I see references to various versions of Debian, including Lenny > etc. For a 32 bit system, what is the latest stable and the > latest unstable version? According to the Releases [1] page on the web site... Lenny is stable, Squeeze is testing and Sid

Re: Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/13/2010 10:16 AM, John Culleton wrote: > I see references to various versions of Debian, including Lenny > etc. For a 32 bit system, what is the latest stable and the > latest unstable version? Lenny 5.0.5 is the latest stable r

Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread John Culleton
I see references to various versions of Debian, including Lenny etc. For a 32 bit system, what is the latest stable and the latest unstable version? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books

Re: Old versions of Debian

2009-03-11 Thread Ata ur Rehman
Robert Hodgins!! Thanks a lot Ata LISolutions.org On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Robert Hodgins wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:36 +0500, Ata ur Rehman wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 > > but I could not find. Can someone h

Re: Old versions of Debian

2009-03-11 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:36 +0500, Ata ur Rehman wrote: > Dear All > > I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 > but I could not find. Can someone help me? > > I tried my best to find the archives at debian.org but unfortunately > couldn't Try this location: http:

Old versions of Debian

2009-03-11 Thread Ata ur Rehman
Dear All I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 but I could not find. Can someone help me? I tried my best to find the archives at debian.org but unfortunately couldn't Regards, Ata ur Rehman, AM Library, National Centre for Physics (NCP), Quaid-i-Azam Univers

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
/4 of the other packages on my system. I need a stable Debian OS for certain applications, but I would also like to work with some more recent versions of software for some development projects. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions of Debian on the same hard drive, but in different

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
cts. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions of Debian on >>the same hard drive, but in different partitions? What would be the >>disadvantages of that system? Where can I find some more information about >>how to set that type of system up? (I'm currently dual-

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 02:54:32PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I need a stable Debian OS for certain applications, but I would also like to > work with some more recent versions of software for some development > projects. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Albert Dengg
ch meant removing about 3/4 of the > > other packages on my system. > > > > I need a stable Debian OS for certain applications, but I would also like > > to > > work with some more recent versions of software for some development > > projects. Is it po

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
my system. > > > > I need a stable Debian OS for certain applications, but I would also like > > to > > work with some more recent versions of software for some development > > projects. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions of Debian > > on >

Re: Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Larry Garfield
some more recent versions of software for some development > projects. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions of Debian > on > the same hard drive, but in different partitions? What would be the > disadvantages of that system? Where can I find some more information abo

Running 2 versions of Debian?

2006-04-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
applications, but I would also like to work with some more recent versions of software for some development projects. Is it possible to run the stable and testing versions of Debian on the same hard drive, but in different partitions? What would be the disadvantages of that system? Where can I find

Re: Installing different versions of debian package

2004-05-24 Thread Andrea Tasso
> This may sound stupid, but is it possible to install different versions of a debian > package at the same time? It is in some way not in agreement with debian distributions idea, but you could, in the source, change dependencies (in the control file) and rebuild, then install the deb w dpkg,

Installing different versions of debian package

2004-05-24 Thread Lee Hanxue
Hi, This may sound stupid, but is it possible to install different versions of a debian package at the same time? I asked this question because I had some dependencies problem previously. I upgraded a package that caused kdelibs to be upgraded from kdelib 3.1 to kdelibs 3.2. After some time,

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-29 Thread dman
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:17:04AM -0500, Rupert Heesom wrote: | On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 06:42, D. wrote: | > If when you log into Debian you go to eeh console mode | > instead of xdm, the last line that you see before the | > prompt is which version of Debian your running. | | Well, I don't get any

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-29 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On 29 Oct 2001, Rupert Heesom wrote: > On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 06:42, D. wrote: > > If when you log into Debian you go to eeh console mode > > instead of xdm, the last line that you see before the > > prompt is which version of Debian your running. > > Well, I don't get anything telling me it'

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-29 Thread Rupert Heesom
On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 06:42, D. wrote: > If when you log into Debian you go to eeh console mode > instead of xdm, the last line that you see before the > prompt is which version of Debian your running. Well, I don't get anything telling me it's potato or woody... Just before the login prompt, I g

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-26 Thread D.
If when you log into Debian you go to eeh console mode instead of xdm, the last line that you see before the prompt is which version of Debian your running. Don --- Rupert Heesom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed Debian using a couple of CDs which I > downloaded. I'm > still very new to D

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-25 Thread Alexander Steinert
> I've installed Debian using a couple of CDs which I downloaded. I'm still > very new to Debian. Thus the question IIRC the debian version number is part of the name of the isos. But you can also just try cat /etc/debian_version 2.2 ==> potato woody _will_ be 3.0 when it's stable. Dunno

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-25 Thread dman
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:22:11AM -0400, Rupert Heesom wrote: | I've installed Debian using a couple of CDs which I downloaded. I'm | still very new to Debian. Thus the question $ cat /etc/debian_version testing/unstable $ If yours says "stable" then you have potato. Otherwise you have wo

How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-25 Thread Rupert Heesom
I've installed Debian using a couple of CDs which I downloaded. I'm still very new to Debian. Thus the question -- regs rupert