Re: Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 - a beginner's query/request
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:08:27 -0400, Joey Hess wrote
(<[🔎] 20060726230827.GB24905@kitenet.net>):
> Felix Karpfen wrote:
>> This posting is an advance-request to include "update from Debian 3.1"
>> instructions in the proposed release of Debian 4.0. If existing
>> documentation applies, a relevant URL would suffice.
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-newkernel
> Of course that's the instructions for upgrading _to_ debian 3.1, but
> you get the point.
Thank you.
That is _exactly_ what I was was searching for. But I looked in the
wrong place! I had assumed - incorrectly - that "release notes"
only document the _changes_ in the supplied new version (and had not
read them!).
I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a
console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once
was, since the system currently defaults to "gdm".
But I have till December at the earliest to iron out the details.
My thanks also to the other respondents who were good enough to share
their experiences. I am especially grateful for the advice from
"hendrik" to "keep a copy of the currently-operational system" (also
mentioned in the release-notes) and the fact - mentioned by Gustavo
Franco - that that the "desktop tasks" differ from the main packages.
I also noted (from another posting to this NG) that kernel 2.6.17
plays havoc with the XFS filesystem (which I am using) and that the
latest release - 2.6.17.7 - corrects the problem.
Again, I suspect that this issue will be fully resolved before the
stable version of "etch" is released.
Finally, a repeated hearty "thank you" to all who were good enough to
reply to my query.
Felix Karpfen
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Felix Karpfen
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