Hi Tom, On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:43:22PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I have some computers here that haven't been turned on for what looks > like 2 years and 3 months. > > And so there are a few things I need refreshers on. But I'll get to > those later. Right now I am not sure where all my sources are or should > be. > > ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ has problems somewhere with the labels stable, > main, contrib, non-free. Should work. > > is http://securty.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib > still viable? Yes -- if you add the "i" in security ;-) > > After I get through the updates from Debian something (not sure what > version I have) I'll start working on the rest. Be carefull! It is NOT supported to perform an update which skips versions -- then you really can kill the installation. You should identify your version (/etc/debian_version contains a good indication :-)) and then first do the last updates on this version, then perform to the next debian-generation, and so on. The old versions are: Sarge: 3.1 Etch: 4.0 Lenny: 5.0 ("oldstable") Squeeze: 6.0 ("stable)
Lenny and squeeze are on the standard-servers, Sarge & Etch only on the old archives, like http://archive.debian.org/debian/ So, my proposal would be: - identify your version from /etc/debian_version 1) if it's sarge: - remove security.debian.org from sources.list, and only use http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib - make a full upgrade on this version 2) if it's etch: - remove security.debian.org from sources.list, and only use http://archive.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib - make a full upgrade on this version 3) if it's lenny: - use ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib - make a full upgrade on this version 4) now you come to squeeze - use ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib and http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib - make a full upgrade on this version And after each upgrade, resolve all problems/errors that aptitude reports ... > Mostly right now I'm failing all over the place on Authentication. Most of the time, the problem for Authentication is the wrong keytable for the keyboard -- try in box for the username whether all keystrokes needed in your password give the right key... Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110514170435.GA5994@axel
