Re: upgrade from Corel Linux
Dear David,
For all the trouble you'd have to go through to upgrade Corel, I'd just
grab a Knoppix CD and install that to the hard drive - it has worked
very well for me. This assumes that you want to run Unstable
(recommended, unless you're running a mission-critical server).
When the boot prompt comes up, you can choose your language. Hitting the
F2 key will show you more options.
boot: knoppix lang=us 2
and hit ENTER. The 2 option is passed so that X will not load, and you
will have more memory for the installation. You'll now be at the Knoppix
prompt - type "knx-hdinstall" and hit enter. The rest you should be able
to figure out.
Some people like MEPIS, but I haven't tried that yet.
regards,
Robert
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:46:09 -0800
"David G. Schlecht" <dschl@powernet.net> 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 I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4 years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 out of date.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 too far out of date.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.
>
> 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
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