Re: Potato->Woody

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 02:38:25PM +0900, Ragga Muffin wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I'd like some input about upgrading an SS5 from potato to woody.
> 
> Specifically:
> - Are there any issues with 2.4.x on sun4m ?

A few, but you don't need kernel 2.4.x to run woody.

> - Any caveats with reiserfs ?

Yeah, it does not work on sparc (only works on i386, and maybe alpha by
now).

> - How about XF4.0.2 with a cgsix ?

That should work.

> Also, what's the status of the installer package in woody ?
> I didn't find anything looking like boot-floppies or tftp images
> under testing or woody...

There are no boot floppies for woody yet. If you want a clean install,
use the potato boot floppies, and point apt towards woody.

> If they exist somewhere, then instead of apt-upgrading, would testing 
> the new installer be of greater help ?

I'll email here first, when I have some boot floppies ready for woody.

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