On Wednesday 20 August 2008 23:21, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:58:46PM +0300, Shachar Or wrote: > > I wonder if there's a system somewhere that was never re-installed, only > > upgraded from one of the earliest versions... > > yes > > but not on the disk where debian 1.1 was installed from floppy disks, > and not on the same cpu/motherboard. However the floppy drive should be > the same, I seem to recall. Clearly I do not count as reinstall the copy > of an existing installation.
Cool > > > It would be interesting to see what ruins can be found amongst the files. > > None, if you purge "obsolete or local packages" (with care since some of > these old packages were "essential" at their times) I bet someone forgot something somewhere, policy or not! > > What you want to be present, if you selectively decide what to purge. > > Even libc4 (for a.out binaries), if you keep all. > > Try it yourself using archive.debian.net : 1.3.1 is quite similar to the > first release 1.1. Install that and upgrade to 2.0 then to 2.1 then ... Will certainly do! But how do I install that 1.1 version at all? > > -- > Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smettere. > Informatica=arsenico: minime dosi in rari casi patologici, altrimenti > letale. Informatica=bomba: intelligente solo per gli stupidi che ci > credono. -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
