Re: Woody-->Sid - any current gotchas?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 06:09:46PM +0000, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
> Evenin' all.
>
> I'm about 2 hours away from getting my SOs new (well, third-hand)
> desktop machine up and running. Because she's a fairly non-technical
> sort, I want to give her the friendliest DE/WM I can - and I'm guessing
> that means something Gnome 2.4-y, which I'm only really going to get in
> Sid. (This isn't the main point of this email, but am I right here?)
>
> The install CDs I have are woody.r0, and I'm wondering if there any
> dist-upgrade gotchas in Sid at the moment? Also (it's been so long
> since I did it last) is it recommended to go Woody->Sarge->Sid, or is
> Woody->Sid preferred?
>
> Finally, is a net install a good/bad/indifferent idea? I'm fairly keen
> to try it for the first time, so any pointers would be appreciated!
>
I just did it with the woody 2.4 disk install (rescue, root,
driver-[1-4]) with the root system installed from the net and it went
smooth as silk.
The main thing you should do if you plan to install sid is install a
minimal woody (just the core packages and nothing else), then do a dist
upgrade, and only then install the rest of the packages.
It will most probably upgrade right even if you install other things
but this way there is much less chance for trouble (the core systems
upgrades cleanly some of the other things require resolving if they are
upgraded which can leave unwanted things behind or cause problems).
> cheers,
> jc
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