Re: woody

["Kevin Ross" <Kevin@FamilyRoss.net>]

>  I want to install 'woody' but don't know where to start. Is there the
> ISO image
> of woody avaible ? If not , then what other method you would recommend
> me to use.
> I've tried the potato 2.2r2, but it does not support my video card
> (Voodoo5).

Have you tried the SVGA driver in Debian 2.2?  The package name is xserver-svga.  It's a generic driver, so it should work with your card, although it won't take full advantage of it.  Do you know for certain that woody contains a driver specifically for your card?

Upgrading to woody is pretty easy.  If you already have Debian 2.2 installed, just modify your /etc/apt/sources.list file, replacing anything that says "stable" with "testing", then run "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade".

One problem area in the upgrade is the X server stuff.  They switched to version 4 of Xfree86, and the package names have changed, possibly causing some problems after the upgrade.  To fix this, after upgrading, run dselect, removing any remaining version 3 packages for the xserver, and select the version 4 packages.

-- Kevin