Martin McCormick wrote: > I am going to backup my sarge system, install with the > etch-and-a-half CDROM and then I want to put back all the extra > packages such as alsa, calc and many more that I have installed > over time but, of course, do this as automatically as practical > as well as get the etch versions of everything. > > The plan is to do dpkg -l on the existing system to list > everything that is installed and then use dpkg to go get > comparable packages to replace what was there before. > > A. Will this work? > > B. Is there a better text-based way? > > I noticed that the list I got from dpkg -l lists such > things as bash and a huge number of other packages that are part > of the base system. Will dpkg -E help prevent redoing and > possibly breaking things that are already there when it comes > time to add all the extra packages? > > Many thanks. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
Hello, this thread is of a particular interest for me, because I'm also planning to upgrade my sarge server in the next few months. I asked few times but don't remember to get exact answer when lenny will go stable. Anyway I'm not sure if I should upgrade the server to lenny or wait until lenny gets stable. I've been migrating/upgrading several time especially my notebook and I used the dpkg --get-selections after doing a full backup. ON the server I have 2 disks in a raid and I spent about 100€ to build a copy of the system, so I have same machine with other 2 disks. To try the upgrade I would replace a disk from the raid and resync and use the free disk in the second server and resync. at this point both of them are identical ... so apt-get dist-upgrade on the test server will show how good it is working. the question still is what is the best version to take - etch or lenny? thanks and regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
