upgrade from Corel Linux

["David G. Schlecht" <dschl@powernet.net>]

Hi All,

I'm seeking some opinions. Should I upgrade or just reinstall?

I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4 years 
out of date. I've upgraded a lib or two along the road but nothing 
really fit right. Of course, trying to use the GUI update tools doesn't 
work since the old Corel update host is no longer serving up packages.

I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one is 
too far out of date. I've tried loading the GCC binaries as an rpm but 
that failed miserably with missing /bin/sh errors and more. Of course 
all the new versions of the tools (like apt-get) need the new libs and I 
can't compile them.

apt-get doesn't work because it's too old and doesn't recognize the 
"Cache-Limit" config and the new packages are too big to fit.

Sounds to me like it's time to scrap the old beast and reinstall debian. 
Or -- is there an easier path that I haven't tried?

What are your opinions?

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- David