On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 08:34:28AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I have a Debian 1.3 (bo) installed and now have a CD with the latest Debian > 2.1 > (slink) which I want to install. The documentation delivered is fine at all - > it tells me about new install and a upgrading procedure from Debian 2.0 to > 2.1 - > but nothing about upgrading from an older version. The question is, would that > be possible, or do I need (or is it better) to make a new installation? I've > read about 1.3 beeing based on "libc5" and 2.1 beeing based on "libc6" - what > does it mean for upgrading?. > Could anybody give some suggestions?
Look for a directory "upgrade-older-i386" on the CD. If it doesn't exist, take a look at /debian/dists/stable/main/upgrade-older-i386/README-upgrade at one of the Debian mirrors. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
