Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread Seeker
On 9/14/2015 2:33 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: I know. It took me a while to work out what he actually wanted with all the drama. ;-) People who come from Ubuntu don't understand about point releases. Since I don't know Ubuntu, I don't know what it is that they are thinking of. Lisi I do run Ub

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 14 September 2015 05:00:01 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > > > > I just want to make sure ag

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread David Wright
Quoting Himanshu Shekhar (irm2015...@iiita.ac.in): > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version of Debian > to other without losing data or without formatiing the partition, simply as > Ubuntu does. The more times you ask, the more different answers you will receive. At s

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 14 September 2015 14:01:48 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:12:42AM +0300, Jarle Aase wrote: > > On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > > > version of Debian to other without losing data or wi

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:12:42AM +0300, Jarle Aase wrote: > On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > > version of Debian to other without losing data or without > > formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does. An earlie

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 14 September 2015 05:00:01 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > > > > version

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > > > version of Debian to other without losing data or without > > > formatiing t

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version > > of Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the > > partition, simply as Ubuntu does. > > An earlie

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version > of Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the > partition, simply as Ubuntu does. > An earlier mail in this mailing list stated to reboot from iso image > and in

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:23:29AM +0200, pasc...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: [...] > Same (almost) for me: > > $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade > > $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > > (I don't remember if I even needed to reboot) Reboot

Re: upgrading debian 8.1 to 8.2

2015-09-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 10 September 2015 09:17:48 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > i have debian jessie 8.1 on my laptop and wish to upgrade it to 8.2 without > messing with the much configuration i have done and without losing any of > the packages installed. > please don't give any suggestion or method you are not

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 13 September 2015 08:57:49 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version of > Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the partition, > simply as Ubuntu does. We don't know Ubuntu. Don't expect us to give you instructions

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread pascalv
On 2015-09-13 10:12, Jarle Aase wrote: On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version of Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does. An earlier mail in this mailing list stat

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Diogene Laerce
Hi, Le 13/09/2015 09:57, Himanshu Shekhar a écrit : > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version > of Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the > partition, simply as Ubuntu does. I think you're looking for this : https://www.debian.org/releases/stab

Re: Upgrading Debian

2015-09-13 Thread Jarle Aase
On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one > version of Debian to other without losing data or without > formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does. An earlier mail in > this mailing list stated to reboot from iso image and in

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-10 Thread songbird
Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Thanks for all replies. > > > Didn't know about about snapshot.debian.org > Looks like the best way to go in this situation. much easier than another method (get specific package version numbers and force upgrades to those versions). songbird

Re: upgrading debian 8.1 to 8.2

2015-09-10 Thread Peter Ludikovsky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Updating between point releases is the same as any other update: apt-get update apt-get upgrade Regards, /peter Am 10.09.2015 um 10:17 schrieb Himanshu Shekhar: > i have debian jessie 8.1 on my laptop and wish to upgrade it to > 8.2 without m

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-10 Thread Joris Schoolmeesters
Thanks for all replies. Didn't know about about snapshot.debian.org Looks like the best way to go in this situation. 2015-09-09 14:15 GMT+02:00 songbird : > Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> With Debian 7.9 out in the wild, apt-get will upgrade you >> automatically to 7.9 on Debian

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-09 Thread songbird
Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Hi all, > > With Debian 7.9 out in the wild, apt-get will upgrade you > automatically to 7.9 on Debian 7. > > Is there a way to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8 ? the easiest way is probably by looking up the release date and then using: snapshot.debian.org songbird

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/9/15, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 08:38:43AM +0200, Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: >> >> Is there a way to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8 ? > > The FAQ should cover it: there isn't a great deal of difference between > point upgrades > - they roll up security fixes about once a qu

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 08:38:43AM +0200, Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Hi all, > > With Debian 7.9 out in the wild, apt-get will upgrade you > automatically to 7.9 on Debian 7. > > Is there a way to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8 ? > > Thanks in advance, > Joris You could install packages from 7.8 me

Re: Upgrading Debian 3.1 kernel from 2.4.27-2-686-smp to 2.6.8-3-686-smp, but had complications with 2.6.x kernel at Debian installer

2006-04-07 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 04:27:16PM -0400, Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: > What I'm wondering now is if we upgrade to the 2.6.8-3-686-smp kernel via > apt would it have any ill effects (i.e. it can't detect any hard disks > again)? If you're willing to sacrifice your uptime, you can install the kerne

Re: Upgrading Debian (was: when and how???)

2004-08-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello J P (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > when do i install the new 446mb of updates?...during > the main Debian installation of the 7cd's during > apt?or afterwards in root#.if so, is the > command The answer is: whenever you want. To upgrade your system, make sure you have entries for

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-09 Thread Katipo
cr wrote: is a fault between the street and the incoming junction box in my house, which is only apparent when powered up? Amazing what I learn on deb-user! cr This is what the original tech. meant. In most installations, the public utility stops at the street, and you are responsibl

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread cr
On Sun, 09 May 2004 00:37, John Hasler wrote: > cr writes: > > And it persists even when I disconnect all the house wiring and hook my > > phone / modem direct to the incoming line. > > That pretty well proves that it's in their system. > > > For me, the clincher was when the phone company tech cam

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread John Hasler
cr writes: > And it persists even when I disconnect all the house wiring and hook my > phone / modem direct to the incoming line. That pretty well proves that it's in their system. > For me, the clincher was when the phone company tech came to check, went > out to the junction box in the street,

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread cr
On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:24, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Yea, verily, I say unto you that on this date (Sat, 8 May 2004 14:10:52 > +1200) cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did appear within my Magick Viewing Screen > > and, being somewhat pleasantly supplicatory, did polemicize thusly: > > Yes, sitting behind a 56k

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread cr
On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:49, Silvan wrote: > On Friday 07 May 2004 11:06 pm, cr wrote: > > > year or two. Grabbing new stuff by modem just takes patience. It > > > helps if you don't pay for your connectivity by the hour too. > > > > Ah. I do (or rather, I have a fixed number of hours prer month

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread Jules Dubois
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sat, 08 May 2004 15:06:26 +1200, cr wrote: > Rather more significantly, I only have one telephone line - so when my > computer's on line, phone ain't working. Same here. The Potato (stable) to Woody (testing) dist-upgrade took me around 40 hours. I, too, as a

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-08 Thread Silvan
On Saturday 08 May 2004 02:23 am, cr wrote: > For me, the clincher was when the phone company tech came to check, went > out to the junction box in the street, disconnected the line from the > exchange - crackle stopped - and reconnected it - crackle restarted.And > then the tech told me it mu

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread cr
On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:24, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Yea, verily, I say unto you that on this date (Sat, 8 May 2004 14:10:52 > +1200) cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did appear within my Magick Viewing Screen > > and, being somewhat pleasantly supplicatory, did polemicize thusly: > > Yes, sitting behind a 56k

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread cr
On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:49, Silvan wrote: > On Friday 07 May 2004 11:06 pm, cr wrote: > > > year or two. Grabbing new stuff by modem just takes patience. It > > > helps if you don't pay for your connectivity by the hour too. > > > > Ah. I do (or rather, I have a fixed number of hours prer month

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Silvan
On Friday 07 May 2004 11:06 pm, cr wrote: > > year or two. Grabbing new stuff by modem just takes patience. It helps > > if you don't pay for your connectivity by the hour too. > Ah. I do (or rather, I have a fixed number of hours prer month on > dial-up). Gack. Well, I suppose your origina

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Yea, verily, I say unto you that on this date (Sat, 8 May 2004 14:10:52 +1200) cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did appear within my Magick Viewing Screen and, being somewhat pleasantly supplicatory, did polemicize thusly: > Yes, sitting behind a 56k modem (or a 28k which is what I'm stuck with > when line

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread John Hasler
cr writes: > I have a fixed number of hours prer month on dial-up That's a problem. > Rather more significantly, I only have one telephone line - so when my > computer's on line, phone ain't working. Same here. > And* I can never guarantee the line won't drop for some reason, so > leaving the t

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread cr
On Sat, 08 May 2004 14:30, Silvan wrote: > On Friday 07 May 2004 10:21 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > cr writes: > > > Yes, sitting behind a 56k modem (or a 28k which is what I'm stuck with > > > when line noise sets in!), a major upgrade of several packages is > > > really only practical off CD's. > >

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Silvan
On Friday 07 May 2004 10:21 pm, John Hasler wrote: > cr writes: > > Yes, sitting behind a 56k modem (or a 28k which is what I'm stuck with > > when line noise sets in!), a major upgrade of several packages is really > > only practical off CD's. > > I don't find that to be the case. Me neither. W

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread John Hasler
cr writes: > Yes, sitting behind a 56k modem (or a 28k which is what I'm stuck with > when line noise sets in!), a major upgrade of several packages is really > only practical off CD's. I don't find that to be the case. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread cr
On Fri, 07 May 2004 20:22, mags wrote: > Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though it > would take fore

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 07 May 2004 12:22 am, mags wrote: > Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem > a little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though > it would take

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Pete Clarke
> Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though it > would take forever. :-) check the archives. There was

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/05/04 09:22), mags wrote: > Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though it > would take forever

Re: Upgrading Debian

2004-05-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 09:22:06AM +0100, mags wrote: > Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. Hi Mags, The Debian CD is stable (aka woody) > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, You ar

Re: upgrading debian 2.1

2002-02-24 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 01:23:23PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I've got a machine on my local network that I've installed 2.1 on (I > tried to install 2.2 from a cd on which I had burned a d/l iso but this > machine can't read the cd. The machine I burned it on has no problem > reading it.) If th

Re: upgrading debian

2001-12-04 Thread Tobias Wolter
On 2001-12-04T11:37:58 +, Reena Mahbubani wrote: > In order to put a newer version of debian linux on my system, do I have to > remove the other version? Nope. When the new stable is out, there'll be new source media (whether it be LAN, FTP, CD-Images, whatever). Connect to the net and hit a