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Re: Debian 2.0



On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Ira Abramov wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Ira Abramov wrote:
> > 
> > > second mounting?). this will format the disk (no upgrade path) and install
> >                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Of course there is an upgrade path! The Debian developers assume that if
> > you want to upgrade a working machine you won't be needing to boot from a
> > floppy!!! You don't even have to reboot the computer in order to upgrade
> > in most of the cases. Upgrading is done by a special script, that is on
> > the installation CD.
> 
> oops, forgot to mention (I wrote different parts of thi message alonfg the
> installation, and didn't remember to go back and edit)
> 
> yes, I found the upgrade.sh on the CD, NOT because the install program
> told me it was there, but by reading debian's site and browsing the CD our
> of plain curiosity. I had Debian 1.3 installed (from an old LSL tri-linux)
> and this is LSL's Official 2.0 CD: the upgrade fails looking for a library
> deb file. I didn't want to fight it and I skipped to a full install.
Just adding, you have an older version of the inst. CD, with a broken
version of the script. There is a new one (If you need it I'll try to find
it)

Liran.
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