Re: Form Debian 1.2 to Debian 1.3, How?
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Fredrik Ax wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 1997 jr_martinez@msl.e-mail.com wrote:
>
> > I have installed Debian 1.2, Linux kernel 2.0.27, in my home PC and I
> > would like to migrate to Debian 1.3, I download the files from Internet .
> > As I am not very skilled in this matter, Could anybody give the basics
> > guidelines?. Many thanks in advance.
> >
> Basicly you just have to run dselect whith 1.3's filetree as base.
> Most (all?) packages asks you if you want to replace the original
> config files, if you wish to overwrite them, a backup file is created,
> otherwise an "side file" with a new config file is created.
>
This is correct except for 2 specific upgrades which will require manual
intervention. I am not sure what the plan is for the final upgrade
instructions but this is what I had to do.
The first is the removal of the 'modules' package and the installation of
the replacement 'modutils' package. In order to remove the old 'modules'
package, it will be necessary to recompile the kernel (get the source
package and the 'make-kpkg' package for this) WITHOUT module support.
This means that as you do the confuguration of the kernel, you will have
to compile in all the important drivers or else you will not have them.
Once the new kernel is installed, you can reboot and proceed to dselect.
NOTE: I consider this a serious flaw in the upgrade process, since it
requires someone to know how to compile a kernel to do it. It might be
bette to provide a kernel-image package just for this purpose and then
another for after the upgrade is finished.
The second is the replacement of TeX in the 1.2 version with the new teTeX
distribution. The new distribution WILL not install unless you have
manually removed all of the packages pertaining to the old Tex
distribution. Fortunately, the scripts tell you what to do and what must
be removed using the 'dpkg' command. Unfortunately, I have encountered
cases where is is not trivial to force the removal of the old packages. I
have had to go in and modify the latex.prerm script. This is again
something that an inexperienced installer would have difficulty figuring
out alone. I do not know if this is because I had a relatively old
installation so I have not reported it as a bug. I will be doing further
installations and upgrades soon so I will try to see if this is a
consistent problem.
Finally, a general suggestion. If you are running X, don't do the
installation from an xterm. Go to a text console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and login
as root there. The 1.3 upgrade may replace xbase, which requires shutting
down xdm and that will completely disconnect you from your xterm and
interrupt the upgrade process. In general, it is best to run dselect only
from a text console.
Hope this helps and keep asking the list if you have difficulties, usually
the answers are quick and helpful.
Carlo
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