Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch problems



On Wed, 30 May 2007 15:57:15 -0600
"Luis Hidalgo" <luahir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

Here's the deal:

I'm having some serious problems with the upgrade. I've followed the
instructions found here
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes and I have a "full
desktop system".
That means that after doing a minimal install (pointing sources.list to etch
and doing

Whoa! I thought you said you were UPGRADING from sarge to etch? Or did you do a clean install?

If someone could also tell me how to read what comes after some dialogs
(questions y/n) (slow it down) it would be greatly appreciated, because
I can't tee it to a file, since the dialog is in the middle. I can't use
less/more for the same reason.

Check this howto, it's step by step:

HOWTO: Debian Installation Business Card Netinstaller
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=5484

suerte,


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