Re: new to debian...

[Jim Kannengieser <jimk@panix.com>]

Thanks for the info on using apt. One more question, if you don't
mind.... Won't this take forever over my ISDN line? I have access to a T1
at work, so that might be the better choice. If not, then I'll try apt at
home over ISDN.

Cheers,
Jim

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Ron Rademaker wrote:

> Just install in slink apt, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt can
> find potato (add a line http/ftp site potato main contrib non-free), and
> remove the 'stable' line. 
> 
> Now you do:
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> apt-get upgrade
> apt-get dselect-upgrade
> and... when all goes well YOU HAVE POTATO (apt downloads automatic).
> 
> Ron
> 
>