Re: upgrade from Corel Linux
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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 06:46 pm, David G. Schlecht wrote:
> 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 I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4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 years out of date.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 too far out of date.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.
Not sure what you mean by this. I used Corel Linux, updated to Potato..
then to Woody. You quickly lose any Corel 'enhancements' but it is
Debian underneath where it counts. Change your ~/sources/list to point
to a Debian mirror and use 'apt-get dist-upgrade'
If you have your /home on a separate partition or disk it becomes even
easier.
My memory is pretty poor, a fresh install works every time :)
> 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?
>
> --
> - David
- --
Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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