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Re: 2.2 kernels on slink



On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 05:16:03AM +0200, Omer wrote:

> slink is glibc 2.0 nased system. You will have to upgrade 40% of system to
> potato. find a fast link to the world, this is not a modem task...

Okay :-)
 
> if you are in doubt 'bout belleding edge, you probably don't want to have.
> I did install 2.3, and  am happy with it (performanc went up for apache
> server, which is important part of my system)

I don't need performance. I need reliability and compatibility with
this hardware (Sony Vaio N505-VE). Notably apm and usb.

> > Can I install several packages from potato? Will I need to upgrade
> > all my pacakges? How can I let dselect do most of the work? I can trust
> > it not to break dependencies, right?
> 
> right. but do not use dselect, use apt instead.

Huh? I thought dselect was calling apt for me. Wasn't it?

> > Any special recommendations? Personal success stories? Warnings?
> > Pointers to such information by other people?
> 
> First, install recent version of apt. then configure it to install from
> net. Do not bother with manual download ofg packages, it will hurt to do (I
> tried once, just belive me and _do not_) Then:

Okay, thanks :-)

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