On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 06:59:16PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > My 486 actually does a useful job, and hence usually runs pure stable. > I figured I would upgrade it to see if anything broken, and boy did it > ever break. It is a good old reliable machine and the only 486 I have. > I guess loosing proftpd and php isn't the worst things that can happen, > although I do like my ftp server to work, as well as my web server. At > least I know have a fixed version installed so my machine works. > > Maybe I am the only person left with a 486 doing useful work, but it has > run problem free for 15 years now and shows no signs of giving any. > Hopefully I will replace the 486 with a ppro in the next few months, in > which case the 486 will become available for me to just do tests on and > other experiments.
I guess I can add that given the mysql was the only real problem I encountered upgrading, Etch looks to be in pretty darn good shape. The other minor problems was the netscape navigator 4.77 packages breaking the x.org /usr/X11R6 upgrade. I didn't realize they were still installed. I guess starting out with Debian 2.1, and upgrading over the years you end up with a bit of garbage left installed. I should check for obsolete packages and clean them out more often. Thanks to all the great maintainers that have made it possible to never have to reinstall in 8 years of service. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
