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 th
Just to let all of you know what to expect:
I upgraded the system I use at work to etch and
everything seemed to work except for the sound card which is a
SB Live. The batch file I had been using to set levels no longer
worked and I could hear absolutely nothing from the speakers.
Martin McCormick wrote:
> "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" writes:
>> IIRC, According to the documentation, the packages are to be in main
>> repository now.
>
> Very good. It looks like everything else is working as
> it should. Many thanks.
Since you'd be upgrading to lenny soon (once it is released
Martin McCormick wrote:
> "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" writes:
>> Non-us repository went away since sarge or etch, IIRC. Remove it from your
>> sources.list.
>
> I can certainly do that. Did any packages go away with
> that or are they somewhere else?
IIRC, According to the documentation, the packa
"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" writes:
> IIRC, According to the documentation, the packages are to be in main
> repository now.
Very good. It looks like everything else is working as
it should. Many thanks.
Martin McCormick
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"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" writes:
> Non-us repository went away since sarge or etch, IIRC. Remove it from your
> sources.list.
Thank you.
Martin McCormick
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Martin McCormick wrote:
> I tried the upgrade route first and it went about as painlessly
> as one could hope on one system. That system is the least
> important one to me so I did the upgrade on it first.
>
> Then it was time to upgrade another which is a little
> more important and it has
I tried the upgrade route first and it went about as painlessly
as one could hope on one system. That system is the least
important one to me so I did the upgrade on it first.
Then it was time to upgrade another which is a little
more important and it has almost gone okay except for the
fo
Andrew Reid writes:
> On Monday 24 November 2008 21:13, Andrew Reid wrote:
> [ Cloning technique... ]
>
> OK, hit "send" too fast -- I hadn't appreciated that
> you are migrating from "Sarge" to "Etchnhalf" while doing
> this.
>
> The package-cloning idea still might work, but I have never
>
Andrew Reid writes:
> I have done this using
> > dpkg --get-selections >file
>
> ... on the original machine, to record the package state, and
> then using the sequence:
>
> > dpkg --clear-selections
> > dpkg --set-selections < file
> > apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> This particular sequence
On Monday 24 November 2008 21:13, Andrew Reid wrote:
> On Monday 24 November 2008 15:05, 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 ha
Martin:
First you dont have to reinstall, you can change the
soureces.list file, replacing the sarge with etch, and then do an
apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade, that's will take some time and
bandwith, but few things get brocken. Well actually several, didn't work
after I upgrad
On Monday 24 November 2008 15:05, 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 automat
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 everythi
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