> c) Upgrade to Woody(testing). Woody is the new "in-between" > distribution, which is supposed to be more stable then Sid. For > instance, the broken LILO package never made it into Woody.
This is getting away from the thread's original subject, but the new lilo package that did make it into woody (21.6-2) *is* broken as far as I'm concerned. It replaces your /etc/lilo.conf with it's own (wrong) idea of what should be there, even if you cancel out of the configuration. That's very bad form. Here's my /etc/lilo.conf before upgrading to lilo 21.6-2: boot=/dev/hdc9 root=/dev/hdc9 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map lba32 prompt timeout=100 vga=5 delay=50 read-only verbose=2 default=linux2218.2 image=/boot/bzImage240.2 label=linux240.2 image=/boot/bzImage240.1 label=linux240.1 image =/boot/zImage2218.2 label=linux2218.2 And here's what I had afterwards: boot=/dev/hdc9 root=/dev/hdc9 compact install=/boot/boot.b delay=20 map=/boot/map append="" read-only image=/vmlinuz label=Linux image=/vmlinuz.old label=old The only saving grace is that it does save your old file by renaming it. Time for a bug report, although I suspect this one is already reported. Tom "David B. Harris" wrote: > > To quote Marcial Zamora III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # hey all.. I know this mite stir up a great deal of debate, but its not > my intention.. Im currently running potato, and thinking bout running > unstable.. there are quite a few packages I would like to have in > unstable, and I know ahead of time, to successfully install those > packages, there are others in the same directory tree that I would > need.. from wut I have seen in the entries in the mailing list so far, > unstable is not really that *unstable*. The only real concern I think I > would have is the move from Xfree86 3.3.6 to 4.0.2.. any of you guys > have any input on this ? or any recommendations as to wut to do ahead of > time, before I decided to go with a dist-upgrade ? to all who respond, I > thank you in advance =) > > Well, there are a few things you can do; > > a) Add a deb-src entry in sources.list pointing to unstable, then > 'apt-get source <package that you want>', then go into the newly created > directory and(as root) 'dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b'. That'll give you a > nice binary .deb built for your platform. This isn't guaranteed to > work(since you're compiling a Sid package on a Potato machine), but it's > always worked for me. > b) Upgrade to Sid(unstable). It runs fine on my machine, but there are > two things you should worry about: the upgrading process itself seems to > be touchy - so you might run into trouble there. If you jump that hurdle > though, you're probably set. The second thing is that you should be > familiar with system recovery. For instance, a new LILO package was > uploaded to Sid recently, and it made more than one machine unbootable. > So, you should be able to restore things on your own. Also keep backups. > :) Also, if something breaks, people are much less likely to sympathize > with you, since you're running Sid(unstable), and you should know better > ;) > c) Upgrade to Woody(testing). Woody is the new "in-between" > distribution, which is supposed to be more stable then Sid. For > instance, the broken LILO package never made it into Woody. This is what > I suggest to most people who ask about the different versions. > Woody/testing is a nice compromise - you get relatively up-to-date > packages, and your system isn't nearly as likely to die because of it. > Currently, Woody is using XFree86 3.3.6, so if you upgrade to Woody, you > won't need to worry about 4.0.2 yet. Hopefully, by the time 4.0.2 gets > into Woody, a nicer setup program will exist(since the 3.3.6 and 4.0.2 > config files are vastly different). Right now, there's 'xf86config', > which is an admirable stop-gap measure, but it's not right for at least > 60% or the users out there. > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) > > --