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Re: Problem booting off CD



Quoting Greg Romaniak <greg@igillc.com>:
> If I boot off the rescue floppy, does that just start the install process
> like it would from CD, or do I need to force it to start a new install
> somehow?
It just starts as if booting off CD.

> I understand that woody doesn't get new versions of packages -- but I mean
> I'm looking for a still maintained distribution.  Am I making the wrong
> assumption that things like security patches and such are still provided?
No, your right. They are provided.

> Also, I'm assuming that there's an upgrade path from "current" to
> "testing" and "unstable".
Yes. You can add the testing/unstable sources to your
   /etc/apt/sources.list
and perform an apt-get dist-upgrade

Regards, Adrian.




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