I wouldn't worry at all about needing to reinstall from scratch. I have some Debian _2.0_ CDs, and I installed them, upgraded to Potato over the net, and from there to Woody. No real problems at all.
Just a couple of weeks or so ago, I installed Potato from CD on a VMWare virtual machine, then upgraded it to Woody and I had no serious problems. You may run into a few minor glitches, where the dist-upgrade may stop. Just run it again. If you get to a point where everything except one or two packages is configured, but the last one or two won't, then you can ask here or maybe just try removing and reinstalling them. Really, you'll be surprised how easy it is. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.