Re: How to upgrade without ppp

2001-08-26 Thread Soete Joel
Soete Joel wrote: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2001/debian-hurd-200108/msg00218.html ... > > Re: How to upgrade without ppp > > ... > > There's an APT Offline Howto (included in the Debian package...), > which explains how to upgrade a system via

Re: How to upgrade without ppp

2001-08-15 Thread Michele Dalla Silvestra
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:54:26PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > We don't recommend trying to cross-install packages from Linux. What I > would recommend is that you use your Linux system to download everything > you want onto your disk (you can write your Hurd partitions from Linux, or > access

Re: How to upgrade without ppp

2001-08-15 Thread Moritz Schulte
Tristan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have just installed Debian GNU/Hurd for the first time using the > F2 cds, and have managed to install most of the packages i need. But > since I use a dialup internet connection and ppp is not ready for > use (and i assume it won't be ready for quite a whil

Re: How to upgrade without ppp

2001-08-14 Thread Roland McGrath
We don't recommend trying to cross-install packages from Linux. What I would recommend is that you use your Linux system to download everything you want onto your disk (you can write your Hurd partitions from Linux, or access a Linux filesystem no larger than about 1GB from your Hurd).

How to upgrade without ppp

2001-08-14 Thread Tristan
I have just installed Debian GNU/Hurd for the first time using the F2 cds, and have managed to install most of the packages i need. But since I use a dialup internet connection and ppp is not ready for use (and i assume it won't be ready for quite a while?) is there a way for me to upgrade packages