upgrade from 1.1 -> 1.2, some minor problems
I have 3 Intel machines running Debian 1.1. I have just upgraded
one of them to Debian 1.2. These are the minor problems I had
1) netstd and gcc required cpp, but did not tell me up front in dselect, but
at the time it tried to install. I fixed it with a manual dpkg -i
of cpp, then a manual install of netstd and gcc.
2) I had some problems installing gs, but I did not pursue it on this
machine since I decided I didn't really need it. I will need it on
my other machines. I think it has to do with the newer version
from Alladin.
3) I decided to remove gpm after I upgraded it. I could not and still
cannot remove it. dpkg gives me an error on pre-installation script.
I'm still stuck on this one.
4) In the configuration mode of dselect, I needed to use the 'Z'
parameter to move to the background and examine configuration
files. The first package I tried this on was 'xntp'. After I was
finished I typed 'fg' and the system got really confused. This
never happened to me before! I basically had to start all over
with the configuration phase.
I got around this problem by using another console window to look
at configuration files. I didn't trust the 'fg' command anymore.
5) I tried to create a new boot floppy for kernel 2.0.27, and could
not issue
dd if=vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=80k conv=sync
due to a 'read-only' error message. The usually change to rw to
all for /dev/fd0 did not fix the problem. I do have fdutils
installed, but don't have time to learn how to use them. I'm
stuck on this one also (i.e., it boots from the hard drive via
lilo, but I can't create a new boot floppy at this point, sort
of fundamental stuff here).
That's about all of my problems now. I'm a little reluctant to
upgrade my main machine(s) which have X, TeX, and alot of other
software packages which this system does not. However, the print
server I just upgraded is running fine now. The entire upgrade took
about 1-2 hours. Really nice as usual from the Debian team!!! I am
looking forward to trying some of the new packages.
I'd be glad to post one or more of the above items as bugs unless
someone points out that I have made some other mistake I'm not aware
of.
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