Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Emilio Lopes
> "PM" == Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PM> how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? PM> I'm wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when PM> doing any upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all PM> screwed everything up)... Debian upgrad

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Randy Edwards wrote: >I will caution you, however, to make sure you read the various warnings > and Read.Me's before such an upgrade. For example, the 1.2-1.3 upgrade > specifically said you had to upgrade 3 or 4 packages by downloading them and > using dpkg to install th

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm > wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any > upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything > up)... Heck, it was easier than upgradin

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Randy Edwards
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? Well, I only have experience going from 1.2 to 1.3. But as a basic Linux newbie I didn't have any troubles at all. I was pleasantly shocked at how smooth it went. I did my upgrade over

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm > wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any > upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything > up)... Hmmm, that's exactly why I switche

Re: upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Paul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm : wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any : upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything : up)... Debian is really *good* stuff. Supp

upgrading with Debian

1997-07-11 Thread Paul Miller
how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything up)... -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to