On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 13:30 +0200, roberto wrote:
> hello
> i am trying to update an old machine running sarge to etch and then to lenny;
> a couple of questions
> 1. is it still possible ?
I did this successfully on a machine w/o GUI some weeks ago using
apt-get instead of aptitude (didn't read the release notes<g>). Sorry
to say I was to lazy to note where problems arose. The following is
from the top of my head:
Step 1: g/sarge/s//etch/ in sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get -o Apt::ForceLoopbreak=y dist-upgrade
Step 2: upgrade packages that have not been upgraded automatically
Step 3: g/etch/s//lenny/ in sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get -o Apt::ForceLoopbreak=y dist-upgrade
Step 4: upgrade packages that have not been upgraded automatically
Please lookup the correct syntax for Apt::ForceLoopbreak yourself.
It will be necessary to run 'dpkg --configure --pending' and
'apt-get -f install' several times.
At one place dpkg barks at a .deb containing a .bz2. Manually upgrade
dpkg to continue.
[snip]
hoping this helps
Siggy
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