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Re: Installing debian from redhat



* Wilmer van der Gaast 

| Neil L. Roeth@lists.debian-laptop@Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:23:56 -0500 (EST):
| >  [base2_2.tgz] The "2_2" refers to version 2.2, i.e., potato.  If you
| >  want to upgrade to woody, then you can modify /etc/apt/sources.list
| >  and do the dist-upgrade.
| >  
| And unfortunately that's the only way, since Woody doesn't have a base
| tarball anymore. :-/ But my Debian CD *is* bootable!

You can use debootstrap instead, which works great.

Or you could upgrade the live system without booting (using ar, tar
and rpm).  Not for the faint of heart, though. ;)

-- 
Tollef Fog Heen
Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.


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