Re: upgrade from Corel Linux

From: Greg Madden (gomadtroll_at_gci.net)
Date: 12/24/03

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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:37:14 -0900

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    On Tuesday 23 December 2003 06:46 pm, David G. Schlecht wrote:
    > Hi All,
    >
    > I'm seeking some opinions. Should I upgrade or just reinstall?
    >
    > I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4
    > years out of date. I've upgraded a lib or two along the road but
    > nothing really fit right. Of course, trying to use the GUI update
    > tools doesn't work since the old Corel update host is no longer
    > serving up packages.
    >
    > I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one is
    > too far out of date. I've tried loading the GCC binaries as an rpm
    > but that failed miserably with missing /bin/sh errors and more. Of
    > course all the new versions of the tools (like apt-get) need the new
    > libs and I can't compile them.
    >
    > apt-get doesn't work because it's too old and doesn't recognize the
    > "Cache-Limit" config and the new packages are too big to fit.

    Not sure what you mean by this. I used Corel Linux, updated to Potato..
    then to Woody. You quickly lose any Corel 'enhancements' but it is
    Debian underneath where it counts. Change your ~/sources/list to point
    to a Debian mirror and use 'apt-get dist-upgrade'

    If you have your /home on a separate partition or disk it becomes even
    easier.

    My memory is pretty poor, a fresh install works every time :)

    > Sounds to me like it's time to scrap the old beast and reinstall
    > debian. Or -- is there an easier path that I haven't tried?
    >
    > What are your opinions?
    >
    > --
    > - David

    - --
    Greg Madden
    Debian GNU/Linux
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