Re: Waking from the Dead
On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:43:22 -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
> I have some computers here that haven't been turned on for what looks
> like 2 years and 3 months.
>
> And so there are a few things I need refreshers on. But I'll get to
> those later. Right now I am not sure where all my sources are or should
> be.
>
> ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ has problems somewhere with the labels stable,
> main, contrib, non-free.
What problems? :-?
The only issue I could expect would be that while you are using an old
Debian version now "stable" points to "squeeze" and that can give you
lots of conflicts and problems.
> is http://securty.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib still viable?
Yep... well, it should be:
http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib
^
(you missed the "i" of "security")
Also, be sure you really don't want to use the codenames instead (lenny/
squeeze...)
> After I get through the updates from Debian something (not sure what
> version I have) I'll start working on the rest.
To check the current version:
lsb_release -a
> Mostly right now I'm failing all over the place on Authentication.
> That's my biggest issue today.
Are you thinking in performing an upgrade or installing a new version
from scratch... or maybe jump to Ubuntu (just kidding :-P)?
Now seriously, if you are think in upgrading it's recommended that you
first read the corresponding Release Notes.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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