On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:58:00PM +1100, Yasir Assam wrote: > Thanks you all for your replies. > > It sounds like I should stick to stable for now at least (till I get > more confident about what I'm doing). > Update to stable. Do it gradually, taking ten or twenty packages at a time and resolving any dependency clashes as they arise - doing 300+ at once may be asking for trouble.
> The package I'm most concerned about upgrading is the kernel. I built > this from the sources at kernel.org and used a Debian tool (can't > remember the name now) to make a .deb file from it and installed ith > with dpkg I think. make-kpkg ?? > > Will doing 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade' install the > default kernel? Will it leave mine in the GRUB menu at least? I'd like > to make sure that apt-get doesn't overwrite the kernel with the standard > prebuilt one - I presume mine will still be in the GRUB menu at least. > It will probably install a default kernel but yours should still be available. > Thanks, > Yasir > No problem. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
