Christopher Klumb wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been anxiously waiting for Debian 2.2 to be released. Awhile back I > installed 2.1 and was very impressed with the package system and overall > stability. However, I had problems upgrading to kernel 2.2. Since I > needed kernel 2.2 and needed a fully functional system I returned to using > Mandrake Linux. > > Currently, I have some time to fiddle with my system until I start working > again. My question is: Should I install the 2.2 pre-release? If so, what > suggests do you have? Also, will upgrading to the official release be > reasonably straight foward? I haven't experienced any problems with 2.2 yet; it seems very stable. If you want to stay on the safe side, only upgrade the packages that need to be upgraded. I'd recommend using apt-get to upgrade if Debian is still installed. Then either do 'apt-get install important-package' to upgrade only those you want, 'apt-get upgrade' to upgrade all packages, or 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to go straight to 2.2 (make sure to 'apt-get update' first!). You may need to point your /etc/apt/sources.list to unstable first.
As for the problems with the 2.2.* kernels, make sure your kernel version is 2.2.14 or greater. There have been problems with earlier 2.2.* kernels. > Thanks > Christopher Klumb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH, J.