Re: Frozen, Potato or Woody?
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> Frozen and Potato are the same thing (for now). You probably don't want
> to mess with Woody, particularly without doing a Potato upgrade first.
Not quite ... they are already getting different, but not much.
> In other words, upgrade to Potato.
>
> Apt-get is your best bet for a successful upgrade. You will need more
> disk space -- enough to hold new versions of everything. And be prepared
> to wait, because a 486 is not a rocket. :)
When I upgraded from slink to potato a view 5 months ago, I needed about
200 to 250 MB ... but never the less, apt-get will tell you in advance,
how much it needs.
> If you can borrow another hard drive and add it to your machine
> temporarily, that might help get things done. If not, I suggest you
> stick with Slink, or wait for Potato CD-ROMs to arrive.
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