hello i am trying to update an old machine running sarge to etch and then to lenny; a couple of questions 1. is it still possible ?
2. following release note for etch, i am updating the old sarge to its latest stable release, via "aptitude update"; running this command, i get the following errors: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files so i need to know if i may go on all the same or it is necessary also to do a total security update for sarge before trying to upgrade to etch; and, if case, how can i do that ? i post also my sources.list (and if you note errors please tell me ...): ############################################################################################# # Official Debian mirror deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free # Security updates deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free ############################################################################################# thank you very much in advance -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org