Re: Upgrading

[Joost van der Lugt <jvdl@sirius.com>]

Eileen Orbell wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using Debian 2.2 for about a year now.  Could some kind sole
> tell me what is the best way to upgrade Debian?  I see Debian 2.2r3 was
> released today.
> Also should i update my kernel to 2.4?  I think I am running 2.18.  I have
> cable modem so bandwidth etc is no problems.  And I appreciate a point in
> the direction.  Oh I have included my source.list incase it needs a little
> tune up as well.

man apt-get

then try:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

> 
> Kind regards
> 
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main qt1apps optional crypto
> deb http://people.debian.org/~ljlane/downloads/ enlightenment/
> deb ftp://spidermonkey.ximian.com/pub/red-carpet/binary/debian-22-i386/ ./
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
> 

However you've quite a selection here, don't know if there is any helix
in there,
AFAIK that could give trouble.
And no update garantees _not_ to brake anything.

Regarding the kernel I am sure there are plenty of opinions, which
information by it self should tell you something. And I do know there is
a server still using 1.3 I believe.

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Cheers,

Joost van der Lugt