Re: Etch status..?
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 08:25:14PM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 08:22:47PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> > I need to upgrade my current sarge to something more current.
> >
> > Is this the recommended procedure -- the one less likely to provide
> > major headaches:
> >
> > 1. Install sarge on a new partition
> > 2. Wait till etch become stable.
> > 3. Do a blind upgrade.
>
> Blind upgrading is never recommended.
>
Sorry .. wrong choice of terms. I meant .. do the sarge install and
immediately issue and upgrade-to-etch command. This would amount to an
etch install but would hopefully bypass my problems with the etch
installer not recognizing my NIC (and then it might not .. the upgrade
might screw everything up).
> > 4. Customize.
> >
> > I need to re-install sarge because I have had to install
> > practically
> > every app that I use from source. The .deb's were missing important
> > configure options that I could not do without and I was unable to
> > figure
> > out how to create my own.
> >
> Checkout my HOWTO:
>
> http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize
>
Thanks.
I have downloaded this document to my HD and will experiment over the
week-end.
I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks.
cga
I replied to Roberto's message a few hours ago but I replied to him
directly rather than to the list.
Roberto: Thanks again for your comments & all apologies if you get this
message twice.
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