[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: sid or sarge where I am



Kevin Murphy <> writes:
 > > I find the  mixture  of distribution a  little  confusing and  may  be
 > > dangerous.   Anyhow  this  is   subject   of an   entirely   different
 > 
 > In my personal experience, running a hard-drive installation of Knoppix was 
 > indeed hazardous.  Updates would often make things out of whack.   I'm now 
 > running straight 'testing' and having a better experience.
 > 

That I would like to do as well. So did you do as said earlier:
>If you want to revert to one distro, it is probably safer to only have
>unstable in your sources.list.  and do apt-get update followed by
>apt-get dist-upgrade.




 > AFAIK, Knoppix is not intended to be an updatable distribution.  It is a 
Right, I have seen discussion about this subject in Knoppix mailing
list. However as a matter of fact, due to it's excellent hardware
recognization more and more users tend to use Knoppix as an
installation tool for debian.




 > somewhat carefully chosen snapshot of moving targets.  As soon as you update 
 > it, all bets are off.

Uwe 



Reply to: