> On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 08:00:30PM +1000, David Fong wrote: > > Having had heaps of trouble trying to install new Debian packages on > > top of base2_1 (Debian slink), I am having a go at installing base2_2 > > (Debian potato). > > > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a boot-up script in the tgz > > file.
David, I just ran across this same problem when trying to make Debian run on my iMac. This message in the archives had the information I needed: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-powerpc-9902/msg00100.html To summarize that mail, you need to create a few important files then reboot, then tell init to enter runlevel S. After that, run dselect and configure the pre-installed packages. You should also read ... /debian-powerpc-9905/msg00005.html and ... /debian-powerpc-9905/msg00010.html for information on how to avoid breaking your system. After some experimentation (and much reformatting and reinstalling) I have discovered that the following, to be done immediately after the pre-installed packages are configured, will solve those problems: - Install new libc6: apt-get install libc6 - Unpack the new bash .deb, but not on top of the old one. Don't install it yet. Copy the bash binary somewhere safe, maybe /bash-new. (I used alien on another machine for this, then ftp'd the binary to my iMac.) - apt-get install bash .. and expect maintainer scripts to break. - mv /bin/bash /bin/bash-old - mv /bash-new /bin/bash - apt-get install bash .. and hopefully this time it'll work. (By the way, if anyone knows a better procedure for this, I would be delighted to hear it!) I hope this helps. -- William Ono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP key: 0x93BA6AFD fingerprint = E3 64 C5 43 3E B3 2D A6 C6 D7 E3 45 90 24 78 DE = fingerprint PGP-encrypted mail welcome! "640k ought to be enough for everybody."
