On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 12:22, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I just found this book for almost nothing at a local book discount shop: > > Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed by Mario Camou and Aaron Von Cowenberghe > > Has anyone read or used this book? Several years ago I bought a sister book > (same cover, same style, almost same title) for Redhat and it was the book > that got me going on Linux and setting up my own lan (and everything else). > > I figured, since I was having trouble with some hardware and a few things here > and there, that I might start with this book and 2.1, take the time to go > through the book and learn all the Debian specific stuff (the section on > package management, including dselect, apt, and dpkg is 30 pages, for > example), then change my apt sources to include Woody and upgrade the system. > > If I understand apt, upgrading from 2.1 to Woody should be that simple -- is > it? And, when I was trying to install Woody, I booted from disc 5 instead of > disc 1 to go with the later kernel. Is it simple to upgrade the kernel > later? > > The other option -- I don't know how much has changed since 2.1. I know the > install has changed, but, other than that, would most everything else be the > same (other than later versions of some packages)? > > Thanks for any comments and opinions. > > (I'm also looking at installing Knoppix on my HD and altering it, but that's > another post...)
There was a recent thread discussing the errors when attempting to upgrade from slink (2.1) to Woody. Look for "slink" in the Subject line. The consensus was: 1. You can't go directly from 2.1 to 3.0. You must go through 2.2 first. 2. Doing a fresh 3.0 install is good for cleaning out all the old cruft. Apparently, some config files have moved around since then. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Fear the Penguin!!" | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
