Re: I want to install lenny from scratch

[arijit <arijit.2612@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 12:58 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:

> I ran testing (etch) for about 4 months before it became stable since I
> had just bought a new computer with SATA and nVidia GB eth.
>
> OTOH, recently here I've seen threads about libc6 breaking on lenny.
> That gives one's computer a heart attack requireing a transplant.  I'm
> sure it can be fixed if you have a live CD and great knowledge.  When it
> happend to my 486 upgrading from Sarge to Etch, I had neither.
>
> The main purpose of testing is, well, testing.  If you don't need it,
> why run it?
>
> Doug.

Yes, I can understand your point. On a second thought, "is it possible to mix up some packages from lenny into my etch box?" 
Because, some latest packages are in lenny can be useful. like, latest sun-java (in lenny it's latest) will be helpful for me. also latest version of media players, openoffice. 
can I do it? will it be okay?

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Arijit Sarkar
Kolkata, India

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